TY - JOUR AU - Kunze-Szikszay, Nils AU - Euler, Maximilian AU - Kuhns, Martin AU - Thieß, Melanie AU - Groß, Uwe AU - Quintel, Michael AU - Perl, Thorsten PY - 2021 DA - 2021/02/28 TI - Headspace analyses using multi-capillary column-ion mobility spectrometry allow rapid pathogen differentiation in hospital-acquired pneumonia relevant bacteria JO - BMC Microbiology SP - 69 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is a common problem in intensive care medicine and the patient outcome depends on the fast beginning of adequate antibiotic therapy. Until today pathogen identification is performed using conventional microbiological methods with turnaround times of at least 24 h for the first results. It was the aim of this study to investigate the potential of headspace analyses detecting bacterial species-specific patterns of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for the rapid differentiation of HAP-relevant bacteria. SN - 1471-2180 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-021-02102-8 DO - 10.1186/s12866-021-02102-8 ID - Kunze-Szikszay2021 ER -