Patent ID: 8101190

Claim:
A method for determining if an individual is infected by a Staphylococcus bacterium , comprising: determining if antibodies directed against at least one protein comprising sequence SEQ ID NO: 2 and at least one protein comprising sequence SEQ ID NO: 4, are present in a biological sample of the individual, and deducing therefrom that the individual is infected by a Staphylococcus bacterium , wherein determining if antibodies directed against at least one protein comprising sequence SEQ ID NO: 2 and at least one protein comprising sequence SEQ ID NO: 4, are present in a biological sample of the individual comprises the steps of: (a) contacting the biological sample with at least: a purified protein comprising SEQ ID NO: 2; and a purified protein comprising SEQ ID NO: 4; and (b) detecting antibodies bound to said protein comprising SEQ ID NO: 2 and to said protein comprising SEQ ID NO: 4.