Profiling of exhaled volatile organics in the screening scenario of a COVID-19 test center

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Breath volatile organics (VOCs) may provide immediate information on infection mechanisms and host response. We conducted real-time mass spectrometry-based breath profiling in 708 non-preselected consecutive subjects in the screening scenario of a COVID-19 test center. Recruited subjects were grouped based on PCR-confirmed infection status and presence or absence of flu-like symptoms. Exhaled VOC profiles of SARS-CoV-2-positive cases (n = 36) differed from healthy (n = 256) and those with other respiratory infections (n = 416). Concentrations of most VOCs were suppressed in COVID-19. VOC concentrations also differed between symptomatic and asymptomatic cases. Breath markers mirror effects of infections onto host's cellular metabolism and microbiome. Downregulation of specific VOCs was attributed to suppressive effects of SARS-CoV-2 onto gut or pulmonary microbial metabolism. Breath analysis holds potential for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 infections rather than for primary diagnosis. Breath profiling offers unconventional insight into host-virus cross-talk and infection microbiology and enables non-invasive assessment of disease manifestation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

iScience - 25(2022), 10 vom: 21. Okt., Seite 105195

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Remy, Rasmus [VerfasserIn]
Kemnitz, Nele [VerfasserIn]
Trefz, Phillip [VerfasserIn]
Fuchs, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
Bartels, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Klemenz, Ann-Christin [VerfasserIn]
Rührmund, Leo [VerfasserIn]
Sukul, Pritam [VerfasserIn]
Miekisch, Wolfram [VerfasserIn]
Schubert, Jochen K [VerfasserIn]

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Clinical finding
Health sciences
Journal Article
Metabolomics

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Date Revised 11.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.isci.2022.105195

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NLM346839955