Direct detection of Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli strains belonging to serogroups O111, O157, and O113 by multiplex PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3362-3365

  Paton, Adrienne W ^a   Paton, James C ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE LOCUS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032858037     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3362-3365.1999     Document Type: Article

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