Patent ID: 8541006

Claim:
A method for detecting a probability for the presence of a Staphylococcus biofilm comprising: a) contacting a test sample with one or more detectably labeled proteins, wherein the one or more detectably labeled proteins are capable of binding antibodies present in the test sample, wherein the binding produces labeled antibodies; b) contacting the labeled antibodies to a substrate comprising one or more immobilized biofilm markers selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO: 43 and a polypeptide comprising one or more antigenic fragments thereof; and c) detecting binding of the labeled antibodies to the one or more immobilized biofilm markers, wherein binding indicates a probability for the presence of the Staphylococcus biofilm in the test sample.