Detection by 5′-nuclease PCR of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli O26, O55, O91, O103, O111, O113, O145 and O157:H7, associated with the world's most frequent clinical cases

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 185-192

  Perelle, Sylvie ^a   Dilasser, Françoise ^a   Grout, Joël ^a   Fach, Patrick ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; O serotyping; Real time PCR; stx typing

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE; SHIGA TOXIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE I; PRIMER DNA; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHODIESTERASE I; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II;

EID: 2342579395     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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