Short review: Molecular diagnosis of Escherichia coli O104: H4

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 14-17

  Malecki, Monika ^a   Mattner, Frauke ^a   Schildgen, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

antibiotic resistance profile; enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O104:H4; next generation sequencing; nucleic acid multiplex assay; resuscitation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOODY DIARRHEA; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

EID: 84860008640     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: 14735601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRM.0b013e3283530839     Document Type: Review

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