Analysing Breath Samples for Volatile Organic Compound
OwnerJennifer M. Scotter, Stephen T. Chambers +1inventors
InventorsJennifer M. Scotter, Stephen T. Chambers, Mona Syhre
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Abstract
The invention describes the use of a biomarker pentylfuran to detect bacterial and/or fungal pathogens. Pentylfuran is released from certain pathogens and detected in the headspace gas of an in vitro culture or in the breath sample of a patient. Pentylfuran is particularly useful in the detection of Aspergillus species, especially Aspergillus fumigatus which is a pathogen of humans.
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A method of identifying the presence of microorganisms in the breath of an animal comprising:
- providing a sample of breath from an animal;
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- determining the presence or absence of an amount of pentylfuran in the sample that indicates the presence of micororganisms in the breath of said animal.
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A method of detecting the presence or absence of an Aspergillus species in a sample comprising:
- obtaining a gaseous sample;
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- determining the presence or absence of an amount of pentylfuran in the sample that indicates the presence of an Aspergillus species in said sample.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.