Detecting active pulmonary tuberculosis with a breath test using nanomaterial-based sensors

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1522-1525

  Nakhleh, Morad K ^a   Jeries, Raneen ^a   Gharra, A'Laa ^a   Binder, Anke ^b   Broza, Yoav Y ^a   Pascoe, Mellissa ^b   Dheda, Keertan ^b   Haick, Hossam ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; GAS; NANOMATERIAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR FILTER; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BIOSENSOR; BREATH ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DESORPTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; NANOMATERIAL BASED SENSOR; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THERMAL DESORPTION; VALIDATION STUDY; CHEMISTRY; GAS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; LUNG; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

BREATH TESTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GASES; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LUNG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; ROC CURVE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84899857421     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00019114     Document Type: Letter

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