Predicting the Presence of Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Ground Beef by Using Molecular Tests for Shiga Toxins, Intimin, and O Serogroups

ABSTRACT When 3,972 ground beef enrichments with 6 confirmed to contain a non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing intimin-positive Escherichia coli isolate were tested for Shiga toxin, intimin, and O group (O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, and O145) genes, 183 potential positives and only 2 of the 6 confirmed positives were identified.

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