Electronic nose analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.

BACKGROUND: Electronic nose (E-nose) technology has been successfully used to diagnose a number of microbial infections. We have investigated the potential use of an E-nose for the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) by detecting micro-organisms in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid i...

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Main Authors: Humphreys, L, Orme, R, Moore, P, Charaklias, N, Sahgal, N, Pont, N, Magan, N, Stone, N, Kendall, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011