Rapid Detection and Isolation of Shiga-like Toxin (verocytotoxin)-producing Escherichia Coli by Direct Testing of Individual Enterohemolytic Colonies from Washed Sheep Blood Agar Plates in the VTEC-RPLA Assay

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1996 Nov 1

PMID 8897187

Citations 37

Authors

L Beutin

S Zimmermann

K Gleier

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Abstract

By combining the enterohemolysin test and the VTEC-RPLA test (specific for the detection of Shiga-like toxin I [SLT-I], SLT-II, and SLT-IIc), single colonies of SLT-producing Escherichia coli were found to constitute between 0.03 and 68.1% of the coliform flora in human stool cultures and were isolated and characterized within 72 to 96 h.

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