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(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...

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Autores principales: Jassal, Mandeep S., Nedeltchev, Gueno G., Lee, Jong-Hee, Choi, Seong Won, Atudorei, Viorel, Sharp, Zachary D., Deretic, Vojo, Timmins, Graham S., Bishai, William R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2929202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20805989
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012451