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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8906635
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13978965

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Methods of diagnosing Clostridium difficile infection and compounds used in the methods are provided. The diagnostic methods are specific and sensitive methods for detecting a host cell response and, in some aspects, a target response, i.e. a Clostridium difficile toxin, in an individual infected with Clostridium difficile. The methods comprise detecting in a stool specimen or fluid exposed to the stool specimen a Clostridium difficile toxin, or a fragment thereof, and an increase in a colonic epithelial cell protein exemplified by a non-muscle tropomyosin. Also provided are kits comprising reagents for detecting host cell proteins and Clostridium difficile toxins.

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NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM1301 CENTRAL AVENUE EVANSTON IL 60201

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Jin, Jian-Ping Northbrook, US 40 56
Peterson, Lance R Winnetka, US 61 5587

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