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SUBMITTER: Cho Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7052258 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cho Yonggeun Y Park Youngmok Y Sim Bora B Kim Jungho J Lee Hyejon H Cho Sang-Nae SN Kang Young Ae YA Lee Sang-Guk SG
Scientific reports 20200302 1
Although tuberculosis (TB) is a severe health problem worldwide, the current diagnostic methods are far from optimal. Metabolomics is increasingly being used in the study of infectious diseases. We performed metabolome profiling to identify potential biomarkers in patients with active TB. Serum samples from 21 patients with active pulmonary TB, 20 subjects with latent TB infection (LTBI), and 28 healthy controls were analyzed using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) follow ...[more]