title: Laboratory Diagnosis of Sepsis? No SIRS, Not Just Yet.
abstract: In order to maximize the benefit of prompt antimicrobial therapy and avoid the risk associated with inappropriate use of antimicrobial agents, patients with suspected sepsis must be rapidly differentiated from patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). In combination with standard microbiological testing, a number of biomarkers have been recently evaluated for this purpose, and the performance characteristics of the most promising of these are reviewed.
authors: bioMérieux, Inc., Durham, North Carolina, USA william.dunne@biomerieux.com.
authors: W Michael
authors: WM
authors: Dunne
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis*; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D018746:Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers
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