METHOD OF DISTINGUISHING INFLAMMATORY PATHOGEN CAUSING ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION

摘要

The present invention provides a method of distinguishing a respiratory pathogen causing acute respiratory infection, wherein a pathogen to be distinguished is a pathogen colonizing the respiratory tract, the method comprising:
a) measuring a gene copy number derived from a subject's cells, in DNA prepared from a sample containing the respiratory secretions of the subject;
b) measuring a pathogen-derived gene copy number in the DNA;
c) calculating the relative number of the pathogen-derived gene copy number to the gene copy number derived from the subject's cells; and
d) distinguishing whether or not the pathogen is the respiratory pathogen, based on a distinguishment reference value and the relative number.