Direct inoculation into media containing bile salts and antibiotics is unsuitable for the detection of acid/salt stressed Escherichia coli O157:H7

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 147-151

  Stephens, P J ^a,b   Joynson, J A ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Oxoid Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RECOVERY; SALTS;

ACID SALTS; BILE SALTS; CEFIXIME; E.COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; NOVOBIOCIN; PRE-ENRICHMENT; SELECTIVE ENRICHMENT; TRYPTONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ACRIFLAVINE; BILE SALT; CEFIXIME; CEFSULODIN; NOVOBIOCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0031686747     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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