Study shows breath test can confirm bacterial infection (IMAGE)

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Study shows breath test can confirm bacterial infection

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Published today in ACS Central Science, co-corresponding author Kiel Neumann, PhD, St. Jude Department of Radiology, and co-author Amanda Green, MD, St. Jude Department of Infectious Diseases, demonstrated how mannitol made with carbon-13 and a breath test can be used to immediately detect a bacterial infection.

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