Direct-from-Stool Testing for Shiga Toxins by an Immunochromatographic Assay Is Insensitive for Detection of Shigatoxigenic Escherichia coli.

Authors :: Couturier BA
Riley T
Gowans J
Couturier MR
Source :: Journal of clinical microbiology [J Clin Microbiol] 2018 Nov 27; Vol. 56 (12). Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Nov 27 (Print Publication: 2018).
Publication Year :: 2018

Subjects :: Feces microbiology
Humans
Immunoenzyme Techniques
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
Sensitivity and Specificity
Bacteriological Techniques methods
Escherichia coli Infections diagnosis
Feces chemistry
Immunoassay
Shiga Toxins analysis
Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli isolation & purification

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