Patent ID: 9103828
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. An in vitro method of determining if an individual having an implanted prosthetic material is infected by a Streptococcus, Enterococcus , or Peptostreptococcus bacterium, the method comprising: (a) detecting antibodies specific to the protein of at least one of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 6, and SEQ ID NO: 8 in a biological sample of the individual, wherein the biological sample is selected from the group consisting of blood, serum, plasma, saliva, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, pleural fluid, and articular fluid and (b) deducing therefrom that the individual is infected by the deducing therefrom that the individual is infected by the deducing therefrom that the individual is infected by the