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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2007
Applicants:
Cedric Badiou, Bron, FR;
Jerome Etienne, Caluire, FR;
Gerard Lina, Lyons, FR;
Catherine Ratat, Lyons, FR;
Inventors:
Cedric Badiou, Bron, FR;
Jerome Etienne, Caluire, FR;
Gerard Lina, Lyons, FR;
Catherine Ratat, Lyons, FR;
Assignees:
Biomerieux, Marcy l'Etoile, FR;
Intstitut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (Inserm), Paris, FR;
Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Villeurbanne, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/085 (2006.01); A61K 39/02 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/56938 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for in vitro diagnosis ofproducing Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL), using a biological sample derived from an individual liable to be colonized by or infected with, wherein the diagnosis is carried out by detection of PVL using a routine immunological test, and the biological sample is pretreated in order to denature the PVL.