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J Food Prot ; 63(9): 1167-72, 2000 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10983787

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and an immunoblot procedure for detection and isolation of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) from beef, and to correlate the presence of STEC in beef with E. coli and total coliform counts. A total of 120 samples of boneless beef supplied to a meat processor in southern Ontario were tested for the presence of STEC, E. coli, and total coliforms. Following enrichment in modified tryptic soy broth, samples were screened for Shiga toxin (Stx) by a Stx-ELISA and a Vero cell assay (VCA). Samples that were positive in the Stx-ELISA were subjected to the Stx-immunoblot for STEC isolation. Overall, 33.3% of samples were positive in the VCA, and 34.2% were positive in the Stx-ELISA. There was almost complete agreement between the Stx-ELISA and the VCA results (kappa = 0.98). The sensitivity and specificity of the Stx-ELISA with respect to the VCA were 100% and 98.75%, respectively. STEC were isolated by the Stx-immunoblot from 87.8% of the samples that were positive in the Stx-ELISA. The STEC isolates belonged to 19 serotypes, with serotype O113:H21 accounting for 10 of 41 isolates. No STEC of serotype O157:H7 were isolated. There was a significant correlation between E. coli counts and total coliform counts (Spearman correlation coefficient = 0.68, P < 0.01). The E. coli count was positively correlated with detection of STEC by both the Stx-ELISA and the VCA (P < 0.01).


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Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática/métodos , Escherichia coli/isolamento & purificação , Microbiologia de Alimentos , Immunoblotting/métodos , Carne/microbiologia , Toxina Shiga/análise , Animais , Bovinos , Chlorocebus aethiops , Contagem de Colônia Microbiana , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Indústria de Embalagem de Carne/normas , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Sorotipagem , Toxina Shiga/biossíntese , Células Vero
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