Tuberculosis
Research from Menssana Research Inc. reveals new findings on tuberculosis
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, February 20th, 2007
Researchers detail in "Volatile biomarkers of pulmonary tuberculosis in the breath," new data in tuberculosis. According to recent research from the United States, "Pulmonary tuberculosis may alter volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in breath because Mycobacteria and oxidative stress resulting from Mycobacterial infection both generate distinctive VOCs. The objective of this study was to determine if breath VOCs contain biomarkers of active pulmonary tuberculosis."
"Head space VOCs from cultured Mycobacterium tuberculosis were captured on sorbent traps and assayed by gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy (GC/MS). One hundred and thirty different VOCs were...
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