Evaluation of a reversed passive latex agglutination test for the detection of Verocytotoxin (VT) expressed by strains of VT-producing Escherichia coli

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 370-374

  Chart, H ^a   Willshaw, G A ^a   Cheasty, T ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TISSUE CULTURE;

BACTERIAL CULTURES; CELL ASSAYS; CULTURE SUPERNATANT; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; SIMPLE++; VERO CELLS; VEROCYTOTOXIN;

LATEXES;

VEROTOXIN;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DETECTION METHOD;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VERO CELL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035018564     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2001.00921.x     Document Type: Article

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