Examination of retail chickens and sausages in Britain for vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli.
Samples from chickens and pork sausages were examined for the presence of Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli by using DNA probes for the Vero cytotoxin genes. Hybridization was detected in 25% of the 184 sausage samples, but none of the chickens was positive. No E. coli O157:H7 strains were isolated, and serotyping showed that the Vero cytotoxin-producing E. coli strains belonged to eight different O serogroups and that six strains had an unidentifiable O antigen.
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Division of Enteric Pathogens, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, United Kingdom.
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D000818:Animals; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002645:Chickens; D015342:DNA Probes; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D005516:Food Microbiology; D008460:Meat; D012703:Serotyping; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1; D013552:Swine; D006113:United Kingdom
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D015342:DNA Probes; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1