METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE VIRAL OR BACTERIAL NATURE OF AN INFECTION

Abstract: the present invention relates to in vitro or ex vivo methods and kits for determining the viral or bacterial nature of an infection on the basis of a biological sample of a patient by identifying the change in the level of expression of a plurality of biomarkers. in particular, the method includes the steps of (a) measuring the expression of at least one viral target gene and of at least one bacterial target gene chosen from among olah, fam20a, il1r2, mmp8, retn and slc1a2; (b) comparing the expressions measured in step (a) with reference expression values for these target genes; and (c) on the basis of the results of the comparison, concluding whether the infection is viral or bacterial in nature.

Inventor(s): Marine MOMMERT, Guy ORIOL, Karen BRENGEL-PESCE, Audrey GUICHARD

CPC Classification: C12Q1/6883 (for diseases caused by alterations of genetic material)

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