Accurate differentiation of Escherichia coli and Shigella serogroups: challenges and strategies

Shigella spp. and Escherichia coli are closely related; both belong to the family Enterobacteriaceae. Phenotypically, Shigella spp. and E. coli share many common characteristics, yet they have separate entities in epidemiology and clinical disease, which poses a diagnostic challenge. We collated inf...

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Main Authors: N.K. Devanga Ragupathi, D.P. Muthuirulandi Sethuvel, F.Y. Inbanathan, B. Veeraraghavan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:New Microbes and New Infections
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297517300744