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METHODS FOR PREDICTING AND TREATING INFECTION-INDUCED ILLNESSES AND PREDICTING THE SEVERITY OF INFECTION-INDUCED ILLNESSES

  • US 20130243794A1
  • Filed: 12/05/2011
  • Published: 09/19/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for diagnosing or determining the likelihood that a subject will develop one or more infection-induced illness(es) comprising the steps of:

  • a) measuring the amount of bacterial nucleic acid or peptide in at least one sample from said subject;

    b) measuring the amount of a mitochondrial nucleic acid or peptide in said at least one sample or in a second sample from said subject; and

    c) comparing the amount of bacterial nucleic acid or peptide measured in step (a) with the amount of mitochondrial nucleic acid or peptide measured in step (b),wherein an increased ratio of the amount of mitochondrial nucleic acid or peptide to the amount of bacterial nucleic acid or peptide indicates the subject has an increased likelihood of later developing one or more infection-induced illness(es), the subject has one or more infection-induced illness(es), or the subject is likely to develop one or more severe infection-induced illness(es) in the future.

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