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US 2005/0032035 A1Published application
Facile diagnosis and monitoring of pneumocystis carinii infection
AssigneeNew York University
InventorSalim Merali
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Abstract
Significantly low circulating, S-adenosylmethionine levels were found to be diagnostic for human Pneumocystis carinii infection, and rise in levels towards normal correlated with successful treatment. Diagnosis of P. carinii injection and monitoring of progress of treatment based thereon are described.
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A method for identifying the presence of a Pneumocystis carinii infection in a human comprising the steps of
- a) obtaining a blood sample from said human;
- b) measuring the level of S-adenosylmethionine in said blood sample;
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- c) correlating a S-adenosylmethionine level below that of an uninfected standard level as indicating the presence of a Pneumocystis carinii infection in said human.
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A method for monitoring changes over time in the level of infection of Pneumocystis carinii in a human comprising the steps of
- a) obtaining a series of sequential blood samples over time from said human;
- b) measuring the level of S-adenosylmethionine in said blood samples;
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- c) correlating an increase, decrease or no change in the level of S adenosylmethionine in said blood samples over time with a decrease, increase, or no change, respectively, in the level of infection of Pneumocystis carinii infection in said human.
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