Rapid Microbiological Diagnostics for Sepsis: Narrative Review of Current and Prospective Approaches
Luke B. Harrison, Zahra N. Sohani, David Lasry, Mathew P. Cheng, Todd C. Lee, Ahmed Babiker, Sameer S. Kadri, Alexander Lawandi · 2026
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Luke B. Harrison and co-authors present a 2026 narrative review of rapid laboratory tests for sepsis, written as a primer for critical care clinicians. Finding the causative microbe quickly matters because early, well-matched antibiotics save lives.
The review sorts tools into three families. Some speed up work on positive blood cultures, still the standard test. Others detect microbial DNA directly in patient samples, and a third group detects antigens instead. Direct methods can return answers within hours but trade off sensitivity, specificity, and ease of interpretation in different ways. The authors stress that availability and performance vary widely, so choosing tools is a joint decision with the microbiology laboratory.
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| CREATOR | Luke B. Harrison, Zahra N. Sohani, David Lasry, Mathew P. Cheng, Todd C. Lee, Ahmed Babiker, Sameer S. Kadri, Alexander Lawandi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |