QUANTITATIVE TEST FOR BACTERIAL PATHOGENS

摘要

The present invention is directed to a method for analyzing the presence of a bacterial pathogen in a clinical sample comprising the steps of (i) at least partially isolating nucleic acid from said sample, characterize d in that sa id nucleic acid is selected from a group consisting of either total nucleic aci d, total DNA or total RNA, (ii) quantifying the amount of nucleic acid comprisi ng a preselected sequence which is specific for said bacterial pathogen, and (iii) determining whether said amount of nucleic acid comprising a preselect ed sequence which is specific for said bacterial pathogen exceeds a first predetermined cut off value.