Multiplex PCR for direct detection of Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli strains producing the novel subtilase cytotoxin

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2944-2947

  Paton, Adrienne W ^a   Paton, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

CYTOTOXINS; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 20444475732     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.2944-2947.2005     Document Type: Article

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