Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by Immunomagnetic Separation and Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Last Update: 2021-02-15
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Since 1983, when
Escherichia coli
O157:H7 was first recognised as a cause of hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), verotoxin-producing strains of
E. coli
(VTEC) have been identified as the cause of increasing numbers of cases of serious human illness (
1
,
2
). One of a number of large outbreaks in Scotland resulted in 20 deaths, and a massive outbreak in Japan affected more than 9000 people (
3
,
4
). In England and Wales, 90 % of VTEC cases are sporadic (
5
).
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