Identifying shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli: Results of a laboratory evaluation

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-301

  Cohen, Nicole J ^a,b   Jones, Roderick C ^a   Schermond, Judith S ^a   Gerber, Susan I ^a  

^a CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AMC o'Hare   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SORBITOL; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 45749084488     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2007.0077     Document Type: Article

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