Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

A Mycobacterium tuberculosis fingerprint in human breath allows tuberculosis detection

  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35453-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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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.