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The development and validation of a novel, sensitive and specific assay for diagnosing chronic pulmonary aspergillosis is urgently needed.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> From April 2018 to June 2019, 53 patients with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA), 32 patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and 48 healthy controls were recruited from the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University. Clinical characteristics and samples were collected at enrollment. All exhaled breath samples were analyzed offline using thermal desorption single-photon ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry; to analyze the metabolic pathways of the characteristic volatile organic compounds, serum samples were subjected to ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> We identified characteristic volatile organic compounds in patients with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis, which mainly consisted of phenol, neopentyl alcohol, toluene, limonene and ethylbenzene. These compounds were assessed using a logistic regression model. The sensitivity and specificity were 95.8 and 96.9% for discriminating patients in the CPA group from those in the CAP group and 95.8 and 97.9% for discriminating patients in the CPA group from healthy controls, respectively. The concentration of limonene (<jats:italic>m\/z<\/jats:italic> 136) correlated significantly positively with anti-<jats:italic>Aspergillus fumigatus<\/jats:italic> IgG antibody titers (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.420, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01). After antifungal treatment, serum IgG and the concentration of limonene (<jats:italic>m\/z<\/jats:italic> 136) decreased in the subgroup of patients with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold> We identified VOCs that can be used as biomarkers for differential diagnosis and therapeutic response prediction in patients with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmed.2021.720119","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,23]],"date-time":"2021-09-23T08:04:53Z","timestamp":1632384293000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Exhaled Volatile Organic Compounds for Identifying Patients With Chronic Pulmonary 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