MeMed BV® Test Evaluation in Adult Emergency Department Patients

The goal of this observational study is to compare the results of a serum biomarker called the MeMed BV®, which is approved to help differentiate between bacterial and viral respiratory infections, to clinical diagnoses of adult emergency department patients presenting with recent fever and signs or symptoms of a respiratory infection. Active participation is completed during the emergency department visit and includes drawing blood, obtaining a sputum sample, and answering survey questions.

Inclusion Criteria:Adults presenting to the emergency departmentSubjective or objective fever within the past 7 daysSigns or symptoms of upper or lower respiratory tract infection within the past 7 daysChest imaging ordered by the emergency department or completed at outside location within the past 48 hoursExclusion Criteria:PrisonerSuspicion and/or confirmed diagnosis of infectious gastroenteritis/colitisActive inflammatory diseaseCongenital or acquired immune deficiencyChronic fungal or parasitic infectionInfection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)Hepatitis B virus (HBV)Hepatitis C virus (HCV)Infection with active tuberculosis (TB)Significant trauma or burns in the last 7 daysPatients that have undergone major surgery in the last 7 daysPregnancyActive malignancy