Elevated carbon monoxide in the exhaled breath of mice during a systemic bacterial infection.

Blood is the specimen of choice for most laboratory tests for diagnosis and disease monitoring. Sampling exhaled breath is a noninvasive alternative to phlebotomy and has the potential for real-time monitoring at the bedside. Improved instrumentation has advanced breath analysis for several gaseous...

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Main Authors: Alan G Barbour, Charlotte M Hirsch, Arash Ghalyanchi Langeroudi, Simone Meinardi, Eric R G Lewis, Azadeh Shojaee Estabragh, Donald R Blake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3729689?pdf=render