Pathogens Detected VOCs Method
P. aeruginosa Ethanol, Acetone, 2-Butanone, 2-Pentanone, Isoprene, Aminoacetophenone, Dimethyl sulphide, Dimethyl disulphide, Dimethyl trisulphide, Methyl thiocyanate, 3-Methyl-butanone, Acetophenone, Methylthioacetate and Methyl thiobutanoate, Hydrogen cyanide [13]
Acetonitrile, Ethanol, Acetone, Acetic acid, Ethylene glycol, 2-Pentanone, 4-Methylphenol, Indole and 2-Aminoacetophenone [14]
2-Nonanone, 2-Undecanone, 2-Aminoacetophenone [15]
Acetic acid, Acetone, Acetonitrile, Amonia, Butanone, DMS, DMDS, Ethanol, Hydrogen cyanide, Isoprene, Methanol, Metanthiol [16]
Clinical samples: 2-Nonanone, 2,4-Dimethyl-1-heptene, 2-Nonanone, 2,4-Dimethyl-, 1-Heptene, 1-Butanol-3-methyl, Limonene [17]
GC-MS[13,15,17]
SIFT-MS [13,16]
SESI-MS[14]
S. aureus Acetonitrile, Ethanol, Butanol, Acetone, Acetic acid, Ethylene glycol, Isopentanol, Pyrimidine, 2-Pentanone, 4-Methylphenol, 2-Nonanone [14] SESI-MS
E. coli Acetonitrile, Ethanol, Indole [14] SESI-MS
S. typhimurium Acetonitrile, Ethanol, Butanol, Acetone, Acetic acid, Ethylene glycol, Isopentanol, Pyrimidine, 2-Pentanone, 4-Methylphenol, Indole, 2-Nonanone [14] SESI-MS
M. avium 2-Ethylfuran, 2-Methylfuran, 3-Methylfuran, Furan, 2-Pentylfuran, 2-Heptanone, 3-Octanone, Acetone, Methyl Isobutyl Ketone, 2-Butanone, 3-Methyl-Butanal, 2-Methylpropanal, Methacrolein, 2-Ethylbutanal, 2-Methyl-2-Butenal, Hexanal, 4-Methylheptane, 4-Methyloctane, 2,4-Dimethylheptane, Butane, Pentane, Hexane, Heptane, Octane, 2,4-Dimethyl-1-Heptene, 2-Methyl-1-Pentene, Isoprene, Methylacetat, Ethylacetate, 2-Ethoxy-2-Methylpropane, 1-Methyl-1-H-Pyrrole, 2-Methylbutanenitril, Dimethyldisulfide, Benzene [18] GC-MS
C. difficile Clinical samples: Acetic acid, Butanoic acid, 2-Furancarboxaldehyde, 5-Methyl-2-furancarboxaldehyde, Methyl furancarboxylate, 2-Hydoxy benzaldehyde, 4-Methyl phenol, and 2-Methoxy phenol[1] GC-MS
C. jejuni Clinical samples: Absence of hydrocarbons and terpenes besides presence of phenols and indoles[1]
Six significant discriminator VOCs between C. jejuni positive and negative fecal samples: Hexanal, (E)-2-Octenal, Pyrrole, Ethyl ethanoate, Methyl alcohol, 2-Heptanone[19]
GC-MS
H. pylori Propane, Acetaldehyde, Ethanol, Methanethiol, 1-Butene, 2-Butene, Isobutane, 2-Methyl-1-propene, Acetonitrile, Butane, Pentafluoroethane, Acetone, Carbon disulfide, 2-Propanol, Ethylether, Methyl acetate, Dichlorofluoroethane, 2-Methylbutane, 2-Pentene, Pentane, Cyclopentane, 2-Methylpropanal, Trichloromethane, 2-Butanone, 4-Methylpentane, 1-Pentano, Ethylcyclopropane, Dimethyl disulfide, 2-Ethoxy-2-methylpropane, 3-Methylbutanal, Mercaptoacetone, Toluene, Cyclohexane, Hexane, Methylcyclopentane, Benzene, 3-Methylpentane, 2-Methylpentane, 2-Methyl-1-propanol, 2-Methyl-1-pentene, Ethyl acetate, Methylcyclohexane, Tetrahydro-2,2,4,4-tetramethylfuran, Ethylbenzene, Styrene, 2,4-Dimethyl-1-heptene, Octane, 3,5-Dimethyloctane, 3-Ethyloctane, Decane [20,21] GC-MS
Table 1: Summarize of the reviewed studies on VOCs profile for different pathogens in this review paper