A Rapid Immunoassay for Detection of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia Coli Directly from Human Fecal Samples and Its Performance in Detection of Toxin Subtypes

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2016 Oct 14

PMID 27733635

Citations 3

Authors

Jeremy T Boone

Davina E Campbell

Amy S Dandro

Li Chen

Joel F Herbein

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Abstract

Fecal samples (n = 531) submitted to a regional clinical laboratory during a 6-month period were tested for the presence of Shiga toxin using both a Vero cell cytotoxicity assay and the Shiga Toxin Quik Chek test (STQC), a rapid membrane immunoassay. Testing the samples directly (without culture), 9 positives were identified by the Vero cell assay, all of which were also detected by the STQC. The correlation between the two assays was 100%. Not all of the identified positive samples were detected when fecal broth cultures were tested. By testing broth cultures of characterized isolates representing all described Shiga toxin subtypes, the STQC detected all subtypes. Levels of induction of toxin production by ciprofloxacin differed among the strains tested, with more toxin induction seen in strains harboring Stx2 phages than in those harboring Stx1 phages.

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