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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Applicants:
Stc.unm, Albuquerque, NM (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Graham Timmins, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Seong Choi, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Zachary Sharp, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Viorel Atudorei, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Mamoudou Maiga, Adelphi, MD (US);
William Bishai, Towson, MD (US);
Assignees:
STC.UNM, Albuquerque, NM (US);
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/60 (2006.01); C12Q 1/04 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01); C12Q 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/04 (2013.01); C12Q 1/28 (2013.01); G01N 33/5695 (2013.01); G01N 33/60 (2013.01); C12Q 2304/48 (2013.01); G01N 2333/35 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods of diagnosing the presence or absence of a bacterial infection in a patient, in particular, a tuberculosis infection, by measuring exhaled, isotopically labeled nitrogen gas after administration of isotopically labeled isoniazid.