title: [The new concept and diagnostic method of sepsis--not SARS, yes SIRS].
abstract: Sepsis is one of the most complicated and common conditions clinicians encounter. The presence of causal bacteria has not been an essential element for sepsis, after the American College of Chest Physicians and the Society of Critical Care Medicine proposed SIRS as the new consensus and concept in 1991. The test kit "Hybrisep", detects pathogens in the blood directly. Effective use of it may be helpful in the further study of sepsis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582.
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D018746:Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*