Comparison between ImmunoCard STAT!® and real-time PCR as screening tools for both O157 : H7 and non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Southern Alberta, Canada

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-13

  Chui, Linda ^a,b   Lee, Mao Cheng ^b,c   Allen, Richelle ^b   Bryks, Aaron ^d   Haines, Linsey ^d   Boras, Valerie ^d  

^a PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c DynaLIFE Medical Laboratories   (Canada)

^d Chinook Regional Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

ImmunoCard STAT! ; Real time PCR; Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84881550071     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.05.015     Document Type: Article

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