PCR-based assay using occult blood detection cards for detection of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in specimens from U.S. travelers to Mexico with acute diarrhea

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2227-2230

  Grimes, Kevin A ^a   Mohamed, Jamal A ^a   DuPont, Herbert L ^a,b,c   Padda, Ranjit S ^a   Jiang, Zhi Dong ^b   Flores, Jose ^a   Belkind Gerson, Jaime ^d   Martinez Sandoval, Francisco G ^e   Okhuysen, Pablo C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEXICO; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; UNITED STATES; CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPERATURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49049090809     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00073-08     Document Type: Article

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