Diagnostic Accuracy of Septicyte Rapid to Discriminate Sepsis From Sterile Inflammation in Patients Meeting Sepsis Criteria According to Sepsis-3 Definition at ICU Admission
María Luisa Cantón Bulnes,
José Luís García Garmendia,
Ángel Estella
et al.
Abstract:Purpose: The aim of this study was to validate the SeptiCyte® RAPID assay, a molecular test to distinguish sepsis from sterile inflammation, by determining its diagnostic accuracy in critically ill patients who meet criteria for sepsis according to Sepsis-3 definition on ICU admission.
Methods: This is an observational, prospective, and multicenter study carried out in seven hospitals in Andalusia (Spain). A 2.5 mL whole blood sample was collected and tested in a SeptiCyte RAPID kit on a real time PCR platform… Show more
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