Qualitative predictive method for differential diagnosis of pneumococcal, meningococcal and viral meningitis, method and kit for differential diagnosis of meningitis

摘要

The instant invention relates to a qualitative predictive method, to a method, use and kit applied to the early differential diagnosis of the most prevalent forms of bacterial and viral meningitis, enabling to detect and distinguish the different forms of meningitis. The invention uses a qualitative predictive method based on combined detection and sequential analysis of the presence/absence of at least three out of four specific biomarkers.