%0 Journal Article
%T Metabolomic Analysis in Severe Childhood Pneumonia in The Gambia, West Africa: Findings from a Pilot Study
%A Evagelia C. Laiakis
%A Gerard A. J. Morris
%A Albert J. Fornace Jr
%A Stephen R. C. Howie
%J PLOS ONE
%D 2012
%I Public Library of Science (PLoS)
%R 10.1371/journal.pone.0012655
%X Pneumonia remains the leading cause of death in young children globally and improved diagnostics are needed to better identify cases and reduce case fatality. Metabolomics, a rapidly evolving field aimed at characterizing metabolites in biofluids, has the potential to improve diagnostics in a range of diseases. The objective of this pilot study is to apply metabolomic analysis to childhood pneumonia to explore its potential to improve pneumonia diagnosis in a high-burden setting.
%U http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0012655