Single multiplex PCR assay to identify simultaneously the six categories of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli associated with enteric infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5362-5365

  Vidal, Maricel ^a   Kruger, Eileen ^a   Durán, Claudia ^a   Lagos, Rosanna ^b   Levine, Myron ^c   Prado, Valeria ^a   Toro, Cecilia ^a   Vidal, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Centro para Vacunas en Desarrollo Chile   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

AAFII GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BFP GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAAE GENE; DIARRHEA; EAE GENE; ENTERITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; IPAH GENE; LT GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STII GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STX GENE; STX2 GENE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRF GENE;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 26944475553     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.10.5362-5365.2005     Document Type: Article

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