Decoding the host response to infections

Host organisms provide biological refuge and respond to infections through measurable biological processes. In this video, Dr. Melissa Naiman shares the importance of host response diagnostics and the benefits of the MeMed BV^® test to differentiate bacterial from viral infection, reducing inappropriate antibiotic use by 25%. Additionally, analysis of white blood cell morphology, including monocyte distribution width (MDW), is paving the way to assess sepsis risk in patients. These diagnostic tools are guiding us toward a future where we move away from analyzing individual host response biomarkers and instead focus on complementary information from multiple biomarkers.