13[C]-urea breath test as a novel point-of-care biomarker for tuberculosis treatment and diagnosis.

13[C]-urea breath test as a novel point-of-care biomarker for tuberculosis treatment and diagnosis.

BACKGROUND:Pathogen-specific metabolic pathways may be detected by breath tests based on introduction of stable isotopically-labeled substrates and detection of labeled products in exhaled breath using portable infrared spectrometers. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:We tested whether mycobacterial ur...

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Main Authors: Mandeep S Jassal, Gueno G Nedeltchev, Jong-Hee Lee, Seong Won Choi, Viorel Atudorei, Zachary D Sharp, Vojo Deretic, Graham S Timmins, William R Bishai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2929202?pdf=render

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