A method for fast and simple detection of major diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli in the routine diagnostic laboratory

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 516-524

  Persson, S ^a   Olsen, K E P ^a   Scheutz, F ^a   Krogfelt, K A ^a   Gerner Smidt, P ^a,b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli; EIEC; EPEC; ETEC; Multiplex PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DNA 16S; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; INTIMIN; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PURIFICATION; FECES CULTURE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHIGELLA; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA;

EID: 34147124526     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01692.x     Document Type: Article

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