Rapid detection of Shiga toxin-producing bacteria in feces by multiplex PCR with molecular beacons on the Smart Cycler

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1436-1440

  Bélanger, Simon D ^a   Boissinot, Maurice ^a   Ménard, Christian ^a   Picard, François J ^a   Bergeron, Michel G ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DEVICE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036211106     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1436-1440.2002     Document Type: Article

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