CHARACTERIZATION OF NONMOTILE VARIANTS OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI O157 AND OTHER SEROTYPES BY USING AN ANTIFLAGELLIN MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY

Authors
FENG P FIELDS PI SWAMINATHAN B WHITTAM TS
Citation
P. Feng et al., CHARACTERIZATION OF NONMOTILE VARIANTS OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI O157 AND OTHER SEROTYPES BY USING AN ANTIFLAGELLIN MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY, Journal of clinical microbiology, 34(11), 1996, pp. 2856-2859
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
34
Issue
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2856 - 2859
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1996)34:11<2856:CONVOE>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
An antiflagellin monoclonal antibody (15D8) was used to detect the pre sence of flagella in nonmotile variants of several pathogenic Escheric hia coli serotypes. Of the 48 isolates examined, 15 reacted with monoc lonal antibody 15D8 and were culturally confirmed to be motile. Of the 38 clinical strains designated O157:NM or O157:H-, 7 were antibody re active and motile and agglutinated with anti-H7 sera.