A Mycobacterium tuberculosis fingerprint in human breath allows tuberculosis detection

Most conventional tuberculosis diagnostic tests rely on difficult to obtain sputum samples. In this proof-of-concept study, authors analyse whether pulmonary tuberculosis can be detected using exhaled breath condensate samples.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sergio Fabián Mosquera-Restrepo, Sophie Zuberogoïtia, Lucie Gouxette, Emilie Layre, Martine Gilleron, Alexandre Stella, David Rengel, Odile Burlet-Schiltz, Ana Cecilia Caro, Luis F. Garcia, César Segura, Carlos Alberto Peláez Jaramillo, Mauricio Rojas, Jérôme Nigou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35453-5

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