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Can Gene Scores Help Detect Sepsis?

Multicenter study assesses diagnostic accuracy of rapid transcriptomic testing

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    A new gene expression test effectively differentiates sepsis from noninfectious critical illness.

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    The study involved 353 ICU patients in Andalusia, Spain.

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    The test's accuracy (AUC) was 0.84, outperforming traditional biomarkers.

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    Positive predictive value for sepsis in Band 4 was 92%.

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    Limitations included restriction to adults and reliance on clinical adjudication.

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Can Gene Scores Help Detect Sepsis?

  • by Jess Allerton

  • March 12, 2026

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