Addition of information regarding commercial Technical identification systems, agglutination test and information/limitations. MALDI-TOF MS. The handling of VTEC O157 as well as laboratory Safety considerations. acquired infections has been updated. The section on the Target organisms has been Target organisms. updated and presented clearly. Updates have been done on 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 to reflect standards in practice. Section 3.4.4 and 3.4.5 has been updated to Identification. include MALDI-TOF MS and NAATs with references. Subsection 3.5 has been updated to include the Rapid Molecular Methods. Modification of flowchart for identification of Vero Identification flowchart. cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli including E. coli O157 has been done for easy guidance. Subsections 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 have been updated Reporting. to reflect the information required on reporting practice. The addresses of the reference laboratories have Referral. been updated. References. Some references updated.
Technical information/limitations. Addition of information regarding commercial identification systems, agglutination test and MALDI-TOF MS. Safety considerations. The handling of VTEC O157 as well as laboratory acquired infections has been updated. Target organisms. The section on the Target organisms has been updated and presented clearly. Identification. Updates have been done on 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 to reflect standards in practice. Section 3.4.4 and 3.4.5 has been updated to include MALDI-TOF MS and NAATs with references. Subsection 3.5 has been updated to include the Rapid Molecular Methods. Identification flowchart. Modification of flowchart for identification of Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli including E. coli O157 has been done for easy guidance. Reporting. Subsections 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 have been updated to reflect the information required on reporting practice. Referral. The addresses of the reference laboratories have been updated. References. Some references updated.
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