Comparative evaluation of three tests for the detection of Escherichia coli cytotoxic necrotizing factors (CNF1 and CNF2) using filtrates of cultures treated with mitomycin C
- PMID: 2120109
- DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(90)90086-6
Comparative evaluation of three tests for the detection of Escherichia coli cytotoxic necrotizing factors (CNF1 and CNF2) using filtrates of cultures treated with mitomycin C
Abstract
Necrotizing Escherichia coli (NTEC) strains grown in the presence of mitomycin C released cell associated necrotizing factors CNF1 and CNF2 to culture medium. Using culture filtrates from 96 mitomycin C treated E. coli strains, we have found that a modified HeLa cell assay was a more sensitive and specific method for the detection of CNF1 and CNF2 than the Vero cell assay and the rabbit skin test.
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