Abstract
To rapidly identify the presence of potentially virulent O157:H7 and non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), a PCR-based Luminex suspension assay was developed to detect the genes coding for four virulence factors (stx1, stx2, eae, and ehxA) plus the O157:H7-specific +93 uidA single nucleotide polymorphism.
Published by Elsevier B.V.
MeSH terms
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Adhesins, Bacterial / genetics
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Escherichia coli O157 / genetics*
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Escherichia coli O157 / isolation & purification
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Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics
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Genes, Bacterial*
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Hemolysin Proteins / genetics
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Microspheres
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
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Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
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Shiga Toxin 1 / genetics
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Shiga Toxin 2 / genetics
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Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / genetics*
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Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
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Virulence Factors / genetics*
Substances
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Adhesins, Bacterial
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Escherichia coli Proteins
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Hemolysin Proteins
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Hlya protein, E coli
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Shiga Toxin 1
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Shiga Toxin 2
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Virulence Factors
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eaeA protein, E coli