The disclosure provides compounds, methods, and kits for diagnosis, detection, screening, and imaging of a disease condition (e.g., infection, cancer, tumor, neoplasia), in vitro, ex vivo, and/or in vivo. Certain embodiments include administering a cationic steroid antimicrobial (a “CSA” or “ceragenin”), the CSA including a steroidal backbone and a heterocyclic ring separated from the steroidal backbone by at least 4 atoms (and up to 24 atoms or more), to a subject having or at risk of having a disease condition in an amount effective to diagnose, detect, screen for or image the disease condition in the subject.
                            本公开提供了用于体外、体内和/或体外诊断、检测、筛选和成像疾病状况(如感染、癌症、肿瘤、新
生物)的化合物、方法和试剂盒。某些实施方案包括将阳离子类
固醇抗菌素("CSA "或 "ceragenin")施用到患有疾病或有患病风险的受试者身上,该阳离子类
固醇抗菌素包括类
固醇骨架和与类
固醇骨架相隔至少4个原子(最多24个原子或更多)的杂环,其施用量可有效诊断、检测、筛选或成像受试者的疾病状况。