Diagnostic method for bacterial meningitis
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1. A method of distinguishing acute bacterial meningitis infection from viral meningitis, encephalitis, neuroborreliosis or absence of meningitis infection, the method comprising:
- providing a cerebrospinal fluid sample obtained from an individual suspected of having meningitis;
contacting the sample with an antibody which binds specifically to Heparin Binding Protein (HBP;
Cationic Anti-microbial Protein 37;
Azurocidin);
quantitating the amount of antibody-HBP complex to measure the HBP level in the sample; and
detecting acute bacterial meningitis infection at 90% Sensitivity or greater and at 93% Specificity or greater based on the measured HBP level in the cerebrospinal fluid to distinguish in the individual an acute bacterial meningitis infection from viral meningitis, encephalitis, neuroborreliosis or absence of meningitis infection.
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Abstract
It has been demonstrated that the level of HBP increases in individuals that have bacterial meningitis. Accordingly, the level of HBP in an individual can be used to determine whether or not an individual has bacterial meningitis.
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1. A method of distinguishing acute bacterial meningitis infection from viral meningitis, encephalitis, neuroborreliosis or absence of meningitis infection, the method comprising:
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providing a cerebrospinal fluid sample obtained from an individual suspected of having meningitis; contacting the sample with an antibody which binds specifically to Heparin Binding Protein (HBP;
Cationic Anti-microbial Protein 37;
Azurocidin);quantitating the amount of antibody-HBP complex to measure the HBP level in the sample; and detecting acute bacterial meningitis infection at 90% Sensitivity or greater and at 93% Specificity or greater based on the measured HBP level in the cerebrospinal fluid to distinguish in the individual an acute bacterial meningitis infection from viral meningitis, encephalitis, neuroborreliosis or absence of meningitis infection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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