Comparison of a Commercial Reversed Passive Latex Agglutination Assay to an Enzyme Immunoassay for the Detection of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 689-692

  Carroll, K C ^a,d   Adamson, K ^a   Korgenski, K ^b   Croft, A ^a   Hankemeier, R ^b   Daly, J ^b   Park, C H ^c  

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN; SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA TOXIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345375566     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-1053-9     Document Type: Article

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