Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Antigen – epitope – or other immunospecific immunoeffector – Bacterium or component thereof or substance produced by said...
Patent
1994-06-14
1995-12-05
Nucker, Christine M.
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Antigen, epitope, or other immunospecific immunoeffector
Bacterium or component thereof or substance produced by said...
530413, 530825, A61K 3909, A23J 320
Patent
active
054726964
ABSTRACT:
The subject invention concerns a novel in vitro process for identifying and quantifying native antigens on potentially pathogenic group B streptococci bacteria present in a clinical specimen. The invention process is made possible by the discovery of novel bacterial markers denoted .gamma. and .delta. epitopes which are expressed by a variety of group B streptococcal strains.
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Boyle Michael D. P.
Brady L. Jeannine
Caputa Anthony C.
Nucker Christine M.
Univ. of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
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