Volatile organic compounds from feces and their potential for diagnosis of gastrointestinal disease

FASEB Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1675-1688

  Garner, Catherine E ^a,b   Smith, Stephen ^b   De Lacy Costello, Ben ^b   White, Paul ^b   Spencer, Robert ^c   Probert, Chris S J ^a   Ratcliffe, Norman M ^b  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Clostridium difficile; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; 2,3 BUTANEDIONE; 6 METHYL 5 HEPTEN 2 ONE; ACETALDEHYDE; ACETIC ACID; ACETONE; BENZALDEHYDE; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON DISULFIDE; DIMETHYL DISULFIDE; INDOLE; METHYL GROUP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIC ACID; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FECES ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 34249816158     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-6927com     Document Type: Article

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