Comparison of culture, PCR and immunoassays for detecting Escherichia coli O157 following enrichment culture and immunomagnetic separation performed on naturally contaminated raw meat products

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 11-20

  Chapman, P A ^a   Ellin, M ^a   Ashton, R ^a   Shafique, W ^a  

^a Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enrichment culture; Escherichia coli O157; Immunomagnetic separation; Raw meat products

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; SORBITOL; VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CELL SEPARATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEAT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MEAT PRODUCTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP;

EID: 0035882311     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(01)00464-0     Document Type: Article

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