Validation of Biomarkers for Distinguishing Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria Using Gas Chromatography−Mass Spectrometry and Chemometrics

• Ngoc A. Dang ,

  * E-mail: n.dang@uva.nl

  Affiliation Analytical Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Sjoukje Kuijper,

  Affiliation Analytical Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Elisabetta Walters,

  Affiliation Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa

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• Mareli Claassens,

  Affiliation Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa

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• Dick van Soolingen,

  Affiliations National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Radboud University, Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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• Gabriel Vivo-Truyols,

  Affiliation Analytical Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Hans-Gerd Janssen,

  Affiliations Analytical Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Unilever Research and Development, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

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• Arend H. J. Kolk

  Affiliation Analytical Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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