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- 2018
Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance: CPHLN recommendations for the laboratory detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (O157 and non-O157)Keywords: Laboratory testing recommendations, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, O157 STEC, non-O157 STEC, culture independent diagnostic tests, nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs), enzyme immunoassays (EIAs), chromogenic agar culture Abstract: Authors’ statement: All authors are members of the Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network (CPHLN) Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Working Group. This group was chaired by L Chui (Provincial Co-Chair) and S Christianson (Federal Co-Chair)
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