Evaluation of a New Chromogenic Agar Medium for Detection of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Relative Prevalences of O157 and Non-O157 STEC in Manitoba, Canada

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 466-471

  Wylie, J L ^a   Van Caeseele, P ^a   Gilmour, M W ^b   Sitter, D ^a   Guttek, C ^a   Giercke, S ^a  

^a CADHAM PROVINCIAL LABORATORY   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MANITOBA; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84873038834     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02329-12     Document Type: Article

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