Use of ramification amplification assay for detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other E. coli shiga toxin-producing strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 6086-6090

  Li, Fan ^a   Zhao, Chunyan ^a   Zhang, Wandi ^b   Cui, Shenghui ^c   Meng, Jianghong ^c   Wu, Josephine ^b   Zhang, David Y ^b,d  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d Molecular Pathology Laboratory Network Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMIFICATION AMPLIFICATION ASSAY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STX2 GENE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA PROBES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; MEAT; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

EID: 30744454834     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.12.6086-6090.2005     Document Type: Article

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