Smells Like Tuberculosis?

A device that detects a pattern of chemicals in the breath was both sensitive and specific for TB in a small pilot study, according to Amandip Sahota, MD, of the University Hospitals of Leicester in England. Advertisement In the study, the device was able to detect both pulmonary and extrapulmonary forms of the disease, Sahota reported at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ICAAC/53649?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-09-21&eun=g721819d0r