Latex agglutination test for detection of Escherichia coli serotype O157 Journal Articles

abstract

• The value of a latex agglutination test (Escherichia coli O157 latex test; Oxoid Ltd.) for rapid presumptive detection of E. coli serotype O157:H7 was determined by laboratory trials and during an outbreak of hemorrhagic colitis. The latex test was found to be a simple, highly efficient and reliable test in detecting E. coli O157:H7 with 100% sensitivity and specificity. It was also found that sorbitol-MacConkey agar cultures were not as useful for food samples as they were for fecal specimens in screening for E. coli O157:H7, but the use of the latex screen was particularly efficient in this setting.

authors

• March, SB
• Ratnam, Sam

status

• published 

publication date

• July 1989

has subject area

• 06 Biological Sciences (FoR)
• 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences (FoR)
• 11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
• Colitis (MeSH)
• Disease Outbreaks (MeSH)
• Escherichia coli (MeSH)
• Escherichia coli Infections (MeSH)
• Feces (MeSH)
• Food Microbiology (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Latex Fixation Tests (MeSH)
• Microbiology (Science Metrix)
• Newfoundland and Labrador (MeSH)

published in

• Journal of Clinical Microbiology  Journal

keywords

• Colitis
• Disease Outbreaks
• Escherichia coli
• Escherichia coli Infections
• Feces
• Food Microbiology
• Humans
• Latex Fixation Tests
• Newfoundland and Labrador

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1128/jcm.27.7.1675-1677.1989

start page

• 1675

end page

• 1677

volume

• 27

issue

• 7