Direct detection of verotoxin genes in stool samples by polymerase chain reaction in hemolytic uremic syndrome patients in France

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-119

  Mariani Kurkdjian, Patricia ^a   Cavé, Hélène ^a   Elion, Jacques ^a   Loirat, Chantai ^a   Bingen, Edouard ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS); Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Verocytotoxin producing Escherichia coli (VTEC); Verotoxin genes (VT)

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FRANCE; GENE ISOLATION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030946270     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1997.tb00260.x     Document Type: Article

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