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SUBMITTER: Maiga M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5046223 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maiga Mamoudou M Cohen Keira K Baya Bocar B Srikrishna Geetha G Siddiqui Sophia S Sanogo Moumine M Somboro Anou M AM Diarra Bassirou B Diallo Mariam H MH Mazumdar Varun V Yoder Christian C Orsega Susan S Belson Michael M Kassambara Hamadoun H Goita Drissa D Murphy Robert L RL Dao Sounkalo S Polis Michael M Diallo Souleymane S Timmins Graham S GS Dodd Lori L Earl Ashlee M AM Bishai William R WR
Journal of breath research 20160817 3
Detection of bacterial urease activity has been utilized successfully to diagnose Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). While Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) also possesses an active urease, it is unknown whether detection of mycobacterial urease activity by oral urease breath test (UBT) can be exploited as a rapid point of care biomarker for tuberculosis (TB) in humans. We enrolled 34 individuals newly diagnosed with pulmonary TB and 46 healthy subjects in Bamako, Mali and performed ora ...[more]