Comparison of an immunochromatographic rapid test with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Shiga toxins from human stool samples

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-99

  Grif, Katharina ^a   Orth, Dorothea ^a   Dierich, Manfred P ^a   Würzner, Reinhard ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Duopath Verotoxin test ; EHEC; ELISA; PCR

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGELLOSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SHIGA TOXINS;

EID: 34548583134     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.03.022     Document Type: Article

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