Abstract: Methods for detecting and treating polymicrobial infections, wherein a mixed population of microbes (e.g., bacteria) are present in a patient sample and the microbes are not first isolated from the sample. For example, the present invention describes specific polymicrobial infections and methods of treating said infections, wherein a particular antibiotic or a group of antibiotics are selected based on the composition of the polymicrobial infections.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 12, 2023
Date of Patent:
October 15, 2024
Assignee:
CAP DIAGNOSTICS, LLC
Inventors:
David A. Baunoch, Miguel F. R. Penaranda, Michael L. Opel, Maher Badir, Natalie Luke
Abstract: Methods for detecting and treating polymicrobial infections, wherein a mixed population of microbes (e.g., bacteria) are present in a patient sample and the microbes are not first isolated from the sample. For example, the present invention describes specific polymicrobial infections and methods of treating said infections, wherein a particular antibiotic or a group of antibiotics are selected based on the composition of the polymicrobial infections.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 12, 2023
Date of Patent:
October 15, 2024
Assignee:
CAP DIAGNOSTICS, LLC
Inventors:
David A. Baunoch, Miguel F. R. Penaranda, Michael L. Opel, Maher Badir, Natalie Luke
Abstract: Methods for detecting and treating polymicrobial infections, wherein a mixed population of microbes (e.g., bacteria) are present in a patient sample and the microbes are not first isolated from the sample. For example, the present invention describes specific polymicrobial infections and methods of treating said infections, wherein a particular antibiotic or a group of antibiotics are selected based on the composition of the polymicrobial infections.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 1, 2021
Date of Patent:
September 5, 2023
Assignee:
CAP DIAGNOSTICS, LLC
Inventors:
David A. Baunoch, Miguel F. R. Penaranda, Michael L. Opel, Maher Badir, Natalie Luke
Abstract: Methods for detecting and treating polymicrobial infections, wherein a mixed population of microbes (e.g., bacteria) are present in a patient sample and the microbes are not first isolated from the sample. For example, the present invention describes specific polymicrobial infections and methods of treating said infections, wherein a particular antibiotic or a group of antibiotics are selected based on the composition of the polymicrobial infections.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 14, 2020
Date of Patent:
July 6, 2021
Assignee:
CAP DIAGNOSTICS, LLC
Inventors:
David A. Baunoch, Miguel F. R. Penaranda, Michael L. Opel, Maher Badir, Natalie Luke
Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods determining susceptibility of bacteria in a sample from a subject suspected of having an infection to a plurality of antibiotics simultaneously, wherein the sample is tested without first isolating the bacteria from the sample.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 19, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 25, 2018
Assignee:
CAP DIAGNOSTICS, LLC
Inventors:
David A. Baunoch, Miguel F. R. Penaranda, Michael L. Opel, Maher Badir