title: Stool consistency: no hard and fast rules for the diagnosis of VTEC infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland Department of Clinical Microbiology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland.
authors.forename: Shirley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: O'Callaghan
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jermy
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland.
authors.forename: Liam
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Corcoran
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland.
authors.forename: Roy D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Sleator
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland.
authors.forename: Brigid
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lucey
mesh_terms: D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D054323:Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification*
keywords: BACTERIOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; STOOL CULTURE MEDIA