Characterisation of STEC and other diarrheic E. coli isolated on CHROMagar™STEC at a tertiary referral hospital, Cape Town

BACKGROUND: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen that can cause acute renal failure, especially in children. Clinical microbiology laboratories may fail to detect STEC and other diarrhoeic E. coli unless purposive rigorous screening procedures are followed using appr...

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Autores principales: Kalule, John Bosco, Keddy, Karen H., Nicol, Mark P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5994027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29884127
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-018-1195-7

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