RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Evaluation of commercial latex slide test for identifying Escherichia coli O157.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 1109
OP 1110
DO 10.1136/jcp.42.10.1109
VO 42
IS 10
A1 Chapman, P A
YR 1989
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/42/10/1109.abstract
AB A commercial latex slide test (Oxoid DR 620) for the identification of Escherichia coli O157 was compared with a standard tube agglutination method using E coli O157 antiserum (Difco). Thirty isolates previously confirmed as E coli O157 were positive by both methods: 30 isolates of E coli of serogroups other than O157, 30 isolates of non-sorbitol fermenting organisms from various genera, and one isolate of E hermanii were all negative by both methods. It is concluded that the latex slide test offers a rapid and economical alternative to tube agglutination for the identification of E coli O157.