Comparison of sorbitol MacConkey agar and a two-step method which utilizes enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay toxin testing and a chromogenic agar to detect and isolate enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 547-551

  Novicki, Thomas J ^a,d   Daly, Judy A ^b   Mottice, Susan L ^c   Carroll, Karen C ^a  

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; SORBITOL; VEROTOXIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC GASTRITIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033980744     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.547-551.2000     Document Type: Article

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