Methods for detecting bacterial infections
US9518972B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 4, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2458/15
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention is directed to methods of detecting lung, gastrointestinal tract, and systemic infections by measuring 13CO2/12CO2 isotopic ratios of gaseous carbon dioxide in exhaled breath samples of a subject after administration of a 13C-isotopically-labeled compound.
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