Sensitivity and specificity of an electronic nose in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis among patients with suspected tuberculosis

To investigate the potency of a hand-held point-of-care electronic-nose to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) among those suspected of PTB. Setting: Lung clinics and Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Participants: patients with suspected PTB and healthy controls. Sampling: 5 minutes e...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 14; no. 6; p. e0217963
Main Authors:	Saktiawati, Antonia M. I., Stienstra, Ymkje, Subronto, Yanri W., Rintiswati, Ning, Sumardi, Gerritsen, Jan-Willem, Oord, Henny, Akkerman, Onno W., van der Werf, Tjip S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 13.06.2019 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Alcoholic beverages Antibiotics Asthma Biology and Life Sciences Body mass Body mass index Body size Breath tests Breath Tests - instrumentation Calibration Case-Control Studies Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Diagnosis Diagnostic imaging Direct reduction Electronic Nose Electronic noses Equipment and supplies Female Food intake Health care Health facilities HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Indonesia - epidemiology Infectious diseases Influenza Internal medicine Lung cancer Male Medical diagnosis Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Methods Microscopy Middle Aged Nose Nursing Patients Pattern recognition systems Physical Sciences Physiological aspects Point-of-Care Systems Public health Pulmonary tuberculosis Radiography ROC Curve Rural areas Sensitivity Sensitivity analysis Sensitivity and Specificity Sensors Signs and symptoms Smear Smoking Sputum Statistical analysis Studies Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology VOCs Volatile organic compounds Young Adult Indonesia Netherlands
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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