Electronic nose in differentiating and ascertaining clinical status among patients with pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria: A prospective multicenter study

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
• ² Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
• ³ Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; Mycobacteria Center of Excellence, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan; Ph.D. Program in Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan; Department of Medical Technology, Jen-Teh Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, Miaoli, Taiwan.
• ⁴ Department. of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
• ⁵ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
• ⁶ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
• ⁷ Department. of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Electronic address: kttang@ee.nthu.edu.tw.
• ⁸ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: jywang@ntu.edu.tw.
• ⁹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Respiratory Therapy, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Biological Science & Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan.