Detection and diagnosis of Escherichia coli O157 and other verocytotoxigenic E. coli in animal faeces

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-58

  Clifton Hadley, Felicity A ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Enterohaemorrhagic colitis; Escherichia coli O157; Verocytotoxins; VTEC

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; VEROTOXIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL SEPARATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA PROBE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEROTYPE; SYMPTOM; VERO CELL;

EID: 0034098863     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013542-200011010-00005     Document Type: Review

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