Validation of the EntericBio Panel II® multiplex polymerase chain reaction system for detection of Campylobacter spp., Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., and verotoxigenic E. coli for use in a clinical diagnostic setting

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-49

  Koziel, Monika ^a   Corcoran, Dan ^b   O'Callaghan, Isabelle ^b   Sleator, Roy D ^a   Lucey, Brigid ^a,b  

^a Munster Technological University   (Ireland)

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; E. coli; EntericBio; Molecular detection; PCR; Salmonella; Shigella

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CAMPYLOBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; IRELAND; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA;

EID: 84870728601     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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