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

John Bosco KaluleKaren H KeddyMark P Nicol

Published in: BMC microbiology (2018)

CHROMagar™STEC enabled detection of tellurite - resistant diarrhoeic E. coli that would be missed using routine methods. Further studies are needed to determine the proportion and characteristics of those which might have been missed using this approach.

Keyphrases

south africa
escherichia coli
primary care
healthcare
clinical practice
loop mediated isothermal amplification
real time pcr
emergency department
acute care