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

• Main Authors: Saskia Decuypere (Author), Jessica Maltha (Author), Stijn Deborggraeve (Author), Nicholas J W Rattray (Author), Guiraud Issa (Author), Kaboré Bérenger (Author), Palpouguini Lompo (Author), Marc C Tahita (Author), Thusitha Ruspasinghe (Author), Malcolm McConville (Author), Royston Goodacre (Author), Halidou Tinto (Author), Jan Jacobs (Author), Jonathan R Carapetis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...