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Diagnosis of Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli infection, contribution of genetic amplification technique.
Microbes and infection - 1 Feb 2007
El Sayed Zaki Maysaa, El-Adrosy Hala
Abstract excerpt
There has been no culture method of choice for detecting non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains (STEC) because of their biochemical diversity The aim of this study was the assessment of verotoxin gene detection (VT1/VT2) within STEC PCR compared with the Vero cells cytotoxicity among O157 and non-O157 STEC serotypes. Stool cultures were performed on Tryptic Soy Broth and sorbitol MacConkey agar...
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