Four-Year Experience with Simultaneous Culture and Shiga Toxin Testing for Detection of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Stool Samples | Zendy

Jennifer S. Woo | Zendy; Elizabeth Palavecino | Zendy

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Four-Year Experience with Simultaneous Culture and Shiga Toxin Testing for Detection of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Stool Samples

Author(s) -

Jennifer S. Woo,

Elizabeth Palavecino

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.02529-12

Subject(s) - shiga toxin , microbiology and biotechnology , toxin , escherichia coli , shiga like toxin , biology , microbiological culture , virology , bacteria , biochemistry , genetics , gene

We report our experience with universal Shiga toxin-producingEscherichia coli (STEC) screening using culture and Shiga toxin antigen testing over 4 years. Twelve cases were detected—8 detected by both culture and Shiga toxin immunochromatographic assay (IA), 3 by culture, and 1 by IA only. The addition of Shiga toxin testing is of questionable benefit over culture alone for detection of STEC in areas of low prevalence.

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