Microgen® E.coli O157 latex test

A rapid test for the identification and confirmation of E. coli serogroup O157 grown on selective solid media. E. coli O157, one of a group of E. coli serotypes known as EHEC are the causative agents of Haemorrhagic colitis (HC), Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS) and community acquired diarrhoea. Sorbitol MacConkey medium is the recommended screening agar for E. coli O157, as the strain is unable to ferment sorbitol. However, other
sorbitol-negative Gram-negative rods also grow on sorbitol MacConkey agar. As a result of this, a specific rapid confirmation method is required.
The conventional method for confirmation of E. coli O157 serotypes utilises specific antisera in a standard agglutination test. However, this method and other commercially available latex tests have been shown to suffer from cross reactions with other enteric organisms such as E. hermanii, which antigenically and biochemically resembles E. coli O157, resulting in false positive results.

Microgen® E. coli O157 is an easy-to-use one step, latex kit which gives results in under two minutes and specifically confirms E. coli O157 directly from the selective agar, even in mixed culture. Microgen® E. coli O157 demonstrated no cross reactions when tested against a panel of 161 E. coli ‘O’ serotypes and 56 ‘H’ serotypes, and shows strong specific agglutination.
Microgen® E. coli O157 gives strong and specific results within two minutes and comes complete with a control latex which can be easily compared with test results to confirm non-specific reactions.

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Microgen® E.coli O157 - for identifying E.coli O157 grown on selective medium. M44CE 50 tests Rp1.609.000,00