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U.S. Clinicians Indicate a Strong Need for New Tools to Combat Sepsis
Date:7/24/2008

ecialists indicated that antibiotic resistance stemming from antibiotic misuse is a primary concern as it may have an increasing effect on the development of Superbugs.

"For decades, advancement of the diagnosis of sepsis has been limited, as doctors continue to rely on clinical clues and symptoms," said Dr. Charles B. Cairns, Professor & Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, UNC School of Medicine. "Yet it has been shown that early treatment can be life saving. Given the need for timely treatment, antibiotics are frequently prescribed even before bacterial infection is confirmed. This could increase the development of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains. Healthcare professionals need new tools, like PCT, to rapidly and accurately diagnosis sepsis and severe infections in order to better tailor the use of antibiotics."

Marking a significant shift in the care of sepsis patients, 73 percent of hospitalists indicated that they now play the primary role in managing patients with suspected sepsis, while 83 percent of pulmonary and critical care specialists indicated the same. Of those surveyed, all were nearly unanimous in their desire for a rapid test that would help confirm the cause of suspected sepsis.

Of the hospitalists surveyed, the vast majority was unaware that circulating PCT levels are very sensitive to the severity of bacterial infection and closely track with the severity of that infection(1). PCT, the prohormone of calcitonin, can be produced by numerous cell types and organs after proinflammatory stimulation, especially when caused by bacterial infection. This makes PCT an ideal indicator of systemic bacterial infection and sepsis. When provided information about a new PCT test from bioMerieux, over half of hospitalists said a 20-minute biomarker test that could help with the diagnosis of a clinically relevant bacterial infection and/or sepsis would make a dramatic improvement in patient care and improve antibiotic stewardship. <
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