Figure 2.
Traditional techniques to detect pathogens and biomarkers associated to sepsis: (a) Blood culture-based approach for microorganism identification; (b) DNA/RNA amplification-based technique (RT-PCR); (c) Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry; (d) Immunoenzymatically serological assay for biomarkers detection.