Reliability of CHROMagar® O157 for the detection of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157 but not EHEC belonging to other serogroups

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 425-428

  Bettelheim, K A ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E. COLI; E. COLI O157; E.COLI O157; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION; RAPID IDENTIFICATION; RAPID ISOLATION; SEROGROUPS; SHIGA-LIKE TOXINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPING; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0031595079     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.853469.x     Document Type: Article

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