A Nucleic Acid Probe and Method for the Detection of Shigella and Enteroinvasive E. coli Bacteria.
Abstract
This invention relates to nucleic acid probes and a method for the rapid detection of Shigella and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli, the causative agents of bacterial dysentery, by use of a nucleic acid hybridization probe, equivalent to a plasmid DNA region encoding one of 4 specific invasion-associated, peptides of all strains of Shigella and enterinvasive E. coli, in a nucleic acid hybridization reaction with a clinical specimen containing dysentery bacteria.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 22, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADD012603
Entities
People
- Charles K. Stover
- Dennis J. Kopecko
- Edwin V. Oaks
- Jerry M. Buysse
- Malabi M. Venkatesan
Organizations
- United States Army