K. Nagayama et al., USE OF AN ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE-CONJUGATED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE FOR THE GENE ENCODING THE BUNDLE-FORMING PILUS OF ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA-COLI, Journal of clinical microbiology, 34(11), 1996, pp. 2819-2821
An alkaline phosphatase-conjugated 29-base oligonucleotide probe was d
eveloped to detect the gene encoding the bundle-forming pilus of enter
opathogenic Escherichia coli. The sensitivity and specificity of the p
robe versus the results of localized adherence in the HEp-2 cell assay
and fluorescent actin staining assay positivity were 95.7 and 100%, r
espectively.