Direct detection by PCR of Escherichia coli O157 and enteropathogens in patients with bloody diarrhea

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 819-822

  Takeshi, Kouichi ^a   Ikeda, Tetsuya ^a   Kubo, Akiko ^a   Fujinaga, Yukako ^b   Makino, Souichi ^c   Oguma, Keiji ^b   Isogai, Emiko ^d   Yoshida, Shin Ichi ^e   Sunagawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Ohyama, Tohru ^a   Kimura, Hiroo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bloody diarrhea; Microspin technique; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIARRHEA; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SEROCONVERSION; SOLUBILIZATION; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ENTERITIDIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0030662947     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01934.x     Document Type: Article

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