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Pseudomonas aeruginosa can cause false-positive identification of verotoxin (Shiga-like toxin) production by a commercial enzyme immune assay system for the detection of Shiga-like toxins (SLTs)

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  1. Dept. of Microbiology, Escherichia coli Reference Laboratory, Robert Koch-Insitut, Nordufer 20, D-13353, Berlin, Germany

    L. Beutin, Sonja Zimmermann & Kerstin Gleier

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Beutin, L., Zimmermann, S. & Gleier, K. Pseudomonas aeruginosa can cause false-positive identification of verotoxin (Shiga-like toxin) production by a commercial enzyme immune assay system for the detection of Shiga-like toxins (SLTs). Infection 24, 267–268 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01781110

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