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21308514

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-2-10
pubmed:abstractText
Early diagnosis is crucial to reduce morbidity and mortality from sepsis. Clinical suspicion is the first step to diagnosis, and necessitates meticulous history taking and complete clinical examination. Special attention should be paid to identifying foci of infection. Biomarkers of host response-including acute phase proteins, procalcitonin, and various cytokines-may be useful in the diagnosis and management of patients with sepsis. Rapid and reliable detection of pathogens and their antibiotic susceptibility patterns is also of utmost importance. Many new techniques have been developed to shorten the time required for pathogen detection, including nucleic acid-based technologies (eg, polymerase chain reaction, microarrays, and hybridization). The detection of pathogen-related antigens is another approach that is useful in the diagnosis of fungal infections, targeting fungal cell wall components such as galactomannan and (1?3)-?-D-glucan.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1534-3146
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
329-35
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Early identification of sepsis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Friedrich Schiller University Hospital, Erlanger Allee 101, 07743, Jena, Germany, mateusgonsalves@yahoo.com.br.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article