Novel single-tube agar-based test system for motility enhancement and immunocapture of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by H7 flagellar antigen-specific antibodies

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4685-4690

  Murinda, Shelton E ^a   Nguyen, Lien T ^a   Ivey, Susan J ^a   Almeida, Raul A ^a   Oliver, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; H7 FLAGELLAR ANTIGEN; INDOLE; ORNITHINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FLAGELLUM; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOASSAY; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBE;

AGAR; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MEAT PRODUCTS; MOVEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036900144     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4685-4690.2002     Document Type: Article

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