TB Research

Profiles of Volatile Biomarkers Detect Tuberculosis from Skin (Adv. Sci. 15/2021)

Rotem Vishinkin, Rami Busool, Elias Mansour, Falk Fish, Aliasgar Esmail, Parveen Kumar, Alaa Gharaa, John C. Cancilla, et al. (14 authors)

Advanced Science · 2021-08

Abstract

Detecting Tuberculosis from Skin Headspace In article number 2100235, Hossam Haick and co‐workers report on a new diagnostic approach for enabling a noninvasive, fast, and highly accurate way of detecting Tuberculosis. The approach relies on Tuberculosis‐specific volatile biomarkers that are detected and quantified from the skin headspace. A specifically designed lab‐based and wearable sensors array in conjugation with machine learning translates the detection of these biomarkers into a point‐of‐care diagnosis with sensitivity above 90%. [Image: see text]

MeSH terms

  • Tuberculosis
  • Wearable computer
  • Biomarker
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Medicine
  • Point-of-care testing
  • Computer science