Direct amplification of Escherichia coli 0157 vero toxin genes from human faeces by the polymerase chain reaction

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 642-648

  Okamoto, Hidetoshi ^a   Takano, Emiko ^a,c   Sugao, Tatsuhiko ^a   Kage, Kazuo ^a   Okamoto, Eiichi ^a   Nishimura, Naoyuki ^b   Ueda, Kunihiro ^c  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA extraction; Endogeneous inhibitor; Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli; Heat treatment; Taq DNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI 0157; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032847486     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000456329903600513     Document Type: Article

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