Towards Improving Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Non-malaria Febrile Illness: A Metabolomics Approach.

INTRODUCTION:Non-malaria febrile illnesses such as bacterial bloodstream infections (BSI) are a leading cause of disease and mortality in the tropics. However, there are no reliable, simple diagnostic tests for identifying BSI or other severe non-malaria febrile illnesses. We hypothesized that diffe...

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Main Authors: Saskia Decuypere, Jessica Maltha, Stijn Deborggraeve, Nicholas J W Rattray, Guiraud Issa, Kaboré Bérenger, Palpouguini Lompo, Marc C Tahita, Thusitha Ruspasinghe, Malcolm McConville, Royston Goodacre, Halidou Tinto, Jan Jacobs, Jonathan R Carapetis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-03-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4778767?pdf=render