JOURNAL ARTICLE

Development of a rapid method for the detection of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC)

K. A. Bettelheim

Year: 2001 Journal:   Letters in Applied Microbiology Vol: 33 (1)Pages: 31-35   Publisher: Oxford University Press

Abstract

The method should enable the diagnosis of these important human pathogens to be made rapidly by most microbiological laboratories, and permit appropriate actions to be taken rapidly and therefore more effectively.

Keywords:
Verocytotoxin VTEC Escherichia coli Serotype Enterotoxin Latex fixation test Microbiology Biology Genetics Antibody Gene

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Escherichia coli research studies
Life Sciences →  Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology →  Endocrinology
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Life Sciences →  Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology →  Molecular Medicine
Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
Life Sciences →  Agricultural and Biological Sciences →  Food Science
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