Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for producing an organism specific diagnosis of septicemia in infants is disclosed. The method involves measuring the levels of one or more biomarkers against redefined threshold values and interpreting these levels to arrive at the diagnosis. Other techniques may introduce a preliminary step of identifying higher risk subjects, as well as the integration of such methods into the final diagnostic methodology. One aspect of a technique of this method may involve measuring one more cytokines to detect specific classes of infective organisms, such as Gram-negative bacteria.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 29, 2011
Publication date:
August 8, 2013
Applicant:
University of Virginia Patent Foundation, d/b/a Universiy of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group
Inventors:
Karen D. Fairchild, Jeffrey Saucerman, Randall J. Moorman, Douglas E. Lake