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Upon regulatory approval, the Idylla™ SARS-CoV-2 test is targeted to help healthcare providers manage the COVID-19 pandemic through rapid and easy testing of individuals with flu-like symptoms. In addition, the Idylla™ SARS-CoV-2 test may be used in combination with the recently CE-marked IVD SeptiCyte® RAPID Test1 on Idylla™ to facilitate the management of patients within the hospital intensive care unit (ICU). When used together, this combined testing solution on Idylla™ has the unique potential to identify patients with severe disease, as recent data2 indicate that sepsis is the most frequently observed complication in COVID-193.
The Idylla™ SARS-CoV-2 test will be based on the Idylla™
The SeptiCyte® RAPID Test (CE-IVD) on Idylla™ is a rapid host-response6 test, developed in collaboration with
Herman Verrelst, Chief Executive Officer of
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1 Developed in collaboration with
2 Zhou et al., Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in
3 Sepsis developed at a median of 9 days (7–13) after illness onset among all patients, followed by ARDS (12 days [8–15]), acute cardiac injury (15 days [10–17]), acute kidney injury (15 days [13–19.5]), and secondary infection (17 days [13–9])
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6 Host-response based tests focus on measuring biomarkers that are indicative of the response of a patient’s immune system to an infection rather than measuring pathogens that are the cause of the infection
7 Moreover, SeptiCyte® RAPID not only discriminates sepsis from SIRS but also correlates with viral sepsis infection versus procalcitonin (PCT) which increases with severity of bacterial but not viral infection and is also a non-specific marker of inflammation
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