Journal of Immunodeficiency & DisordersISSN: 2324-853X

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Editorial, J Immunodefic Disor Vol: 1 Issue: 1

Biomarkers in Sepsis and Severe Infection: Where Immunology Meets Diagnostics

Russell J. McCulloh*
Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, USA
Corresponding author : Russell J. McCulloh
Rhode Island Hospital,Brown University, USA
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E-mail:rmcculloh@lifespan.org
Received: June 30, 2012 Accepted: June 30, 2012 Published: July 03, 2012  doi:10.4172/2324-853X.1000e104
Citation: Russell J. McCulloh (2012) Biomarkers in Sepsis and Severe Infection: Where Immunology Meets Diagnostics . J Immunodefic Disor 1:1. doi:10.4172/2324-853X.1000e104

Abstract

Biomarkers in Sepsis and Severe Infection: Where Immunology Meets Diagnostics

Our rapidly-increasing understanding of inflammatory and antiinflammatory systems and their interactions in states of disease and health provides researchers and clinicians alike new opportunities to more accurately diagnose, and more specifically treat, diffuse panoply of diseases. One area of great interest for further research is the identification and implementation of diagnostic biomarkers for severe infections and sepsis. In both cases clinicians face the difficulty of defining, in precise terms specific to individual patients, the etiology and severity of illness, relying currently on a combination of non-specific diagnostic testing, physical exam, and clinical history.

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