A pilot study of faecal volatile organic compounds in faeces from cholera patients in Bangladesh to determine their utility in disease diagnosis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1171-1173

  Garner, C E ^a   Smith, S ^a   Bardhan, P K ^b   Ratcliffe, N M ^c   Probert, C S J ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cholera; Diarrhoea; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Solid phase microextraction; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BANGLADESH; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLERA; CYCLOHEXENES; DISULFIDES; FECES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MONOTERPENES; PILOT PROJECTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 70349983866     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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