Sepsis could be diagnosed in just seven hours rather than days, suggests study

The figure showcases the broth”used to monitor red blood cell depletion in whole blood spiked with one colony-forming-unit of E. coli bacteria, each incubated at different orbital shaking speeds left to right: 0 RPM, 65 RPM, 120 RPM and 200 RPM after four hours of incubation. This culturing raises a bacteria-rich, plasma-like layer of bacteria to the top of the vials, while clusters of stuck blood cells known as a Rouleaux formation sink to the bottom. (Pak Kin Wong via SWNS)

By Stephen Beech

Sepsis could be diagnosed in just seven hours rather than days — saving thousands of lives every year, according to new research.

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Sepsis could be diagnosed in just seven hours rather than days, suggests study

Pak Kin Wong, professor of biomedical engineering, of mechanical engineering and corresponding author on the paper, leads the Systematic Bioengineering Laboratory at Penn State. His lab investigates cutting-edge approaches to precision medicine, including bacterial pathogen and microbiota characterization and personalized immunotherapy. (Kate Myers / Penn State via SWNS)

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