Sensitivities and specificities of premier E. coli O157 and premier EHEC enzyme immunoassays for diagnosis of infection with verotoxin (Shiga-like toxin)-producing Escherichia coli

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1608-1611

  Mackenzie, A M R ^a,b,c   Lebel, P ^d   Orrbine, E ^b,c   Rowe, P C ^b,e   Hyde, L ^f   Chan, F ^b   Johnson, W ^f   McLaine, P N ^b,c   Henwick, Scott ^g   Peterson, M ^g   Rennie, Robert ^h   Tabor, Helen ^h   Church, Dierdre ⁱ   Katzko, Gary ⁱ   Hoban, Daryl ^j   Quinlan, Angela ^b   McDonald, Jane ^k   Savage, Isabelle ^d   Clark, Clifford ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^g Matsqui Sumas Abbotsford General Hospital   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^k MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYTOTOXIN; VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

EID: 18844475011     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.6.1608-1611.1998     Document Type: Article

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