Quantitative Detection of Shiga Toxins Directly from Stool Specimens of Patients Associated with an Outbreak of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in Japan—Quantitative Shiga toxin detection from stool during EHEC outbreak

Detection of Shiga toxins (Stx) is important for accurate diagnosis of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection. In this study, we quantitatively analyzed Stx protein in nine patients’ stool during an outbreak that occurred in Japan. Highly sensitive immunoassay (bead enzyme-linked immunosorbent...

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Published in:Toxins (Basel)
Main Authors: Yamasaki, Eiki, Watahiki, Masanori, Isobe, Junko, Sata, Tetsutaro, Nair, G. Balakrish, Kurazono, Hisao
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: MDPI 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4626740/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26516915
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins7104381
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