Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine. And doing so reliably is more important than ever, given the increasing ...

A new, non-invasive breath test has emerged as a potential breakthrough for rapidly diagnosing bacterial infections and tracking treatment effectiveness. Developed by researchers from the University ...

A new type of breath test can spot potentially deadly bacterial infections in just 10 minutes, say scientists. It could enable doctors to diagnose infections such as pneumonia much quicker - without ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of California, San Francisco used a naturally occurring carbon isotope and exhaled CO2 to catch bacterial infections.

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Four mice, each in a narrow, transparent, tubular chamber connected via a tube to an infrared analyzer, which is a box with a meter on it. Metabolic chambers collect the gases that these mice exhale, ...

Having bad breath really stinks! Now, researchers from Japan report that a particular combination of bacteria in our mouths may be responsible for producing some very unpleasant smells. In a study ...

(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – March 18, 2026) Bacterial infections can be difficult to distinguish from viral infections and noninfectious inflammation, but a simple breath test may change that. A study led by St ...