Current trends in detecting non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in food

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 665-677

  Wang, Fei ^a,b   Yang, Qianru ^a   Kase, Julie A ^c   Meng, Jianghong ^b   Clotilde, Laurie M ^c   Lin, Andrew ^c   Ge, Beilei ^a,d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Center for Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFIXIME; CEFSULODIN; MITOMYCIN; NOVOBIOCIN; TELLURITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ATTENTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA PURIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MONITORING; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MICROPLATE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OPTICAL IMMUNOASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAW MEAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE PASSIVE LATEX AGGLUTINATION; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84880824237     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2012.1448     Document Type: Review

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