| Literature DB >> 7615759 |
S T Gunzburg1, N G Tornieporth, L W Riley.
Abstract
A rapid and simple method of detecting enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) was developed. The procedure is based on amplifying by the PCR method a 326-bp region of the bundle-forming pilus gene of EPEC. The oligonucleotide DNA primers used in this procedure did not amplify DNA of any other bacterial enteropathogens tested. The procedure was 100% specific for EPEC strains that exhibit a characteristic pattern of attachment (localized adherence) to HeLa cells.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7615759 PMCID: PMC228170 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.33.5.1375-1377.1995
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948