A new multiplex PCR for differential identification of Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei and detection of Shigella virulence determinants

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 525-533

  Farfan M J ^a   Garay, T A ^b   Prado, C A ^b   Filliol, I ^c   Ulloa, M T ^b   Toro, C S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Multiplex PCR; She pathogenicity island; ShET 1; ShET 2; Shigella

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; CHILD; CHILE; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLOSIS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENTEROTOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ENTEROTOXINS; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77949398841     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809990823     Document Type: Article

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