IMMUNOGENIC GLYCOPEPTIDES FOR DIAGNOSING PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS INFECTIONS

摘要

A method for diagnosing an infection in a patient likely to be infected with a pathogenic microorganism, comprising the detection of CD4+ T lymphocytes recognizing at least one glycopeptide derived from said pathogenic microorganism, essentially consisting of a glycosylated T epitope, comprising from 14 to 25 amino acids, among which at least one neutral amino acid is bonded to a disaccharide or to a trisaccharide, and at least 15% of said amino acids are prolines, one of the prolines being located in position -1 to -4, relative to the position of said neutral amino acid.