Evaluation of enzyme-labeled oligonucleotide probes to identify enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 879-882

  Yoh, Myonsun ^a   Takagi, Kazuhiro ^b   Eda, Junji ^b   Ohtomo, Masato ^b   Takarada, Yutaka ^c   Shibata, Shuji ^c   Honda, Takeshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Quarantine Station of Osaka   (Japan)

^c Toyobo Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

EHEC; Oligonucleotide probe; Vero toxin

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; VEROTOXIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYBRIDIZATION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

EID: 0031444249     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01944.x     Document Type: Article

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