Polymerase chain reaction for detection in Escherichia coli strains producing cytotoxic necrotizing factor type 1 and type 2 (CNF1 and CNF2)

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 95-101

  Blanco, M ^a   Blanco, J E ^a   Blanco, J ^a   Alonso, M P ^b   Balsalobre, C ^c   Mourino M ^c   Madrid, C ^c   Juarez A ^c  

^a Universidad de Santiago da Compostela   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic necrotizing factors; Escherichia coli; Necrotoxins; Polymerase chain reaction; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENDOTOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030200883     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-7012(96)00900-1     Document Type: Article

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