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IDEA™ STEC - ImmunoDetection Evolution Agar

Simplify Confirmation, Enhance Decision Making, & Protect Your Brand

IDEA™ STEC is a patented and innovative culture media solution designed to simplify and enhance the confirmation step in detecting Escherichia coli producing Shigatoxin (STX+), a major health issue.

This advanced agar enables selective isolation of STEC EHEC TOP 8, ensuring high specificity and efficiency. 

 

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Simplify confirmation & decision-making for E. Coli stx

Main Benefits

 

  • Streamlined Workflow: fewer steps and faster identification
  • Cost Effectiveness: fewer confirmatory tests needed, less uncessary handling and labour time.
  • High confirmation rate: robust performance, clear visual for further confirmation tests (PCR, Latex) and accurate results accross STEC, EHEC and non STEC-strains.

Features

  • Clear visual identification of presumptive Shiga toxin-producing E. coli
  • Presence of a discolored or grey halo on typical colonies with different phenotypes
  • Selective growth of Shiga toxin-producing (stx) E. coli 
  • Specificity for EHEC strains 
  • High performance for detecting STEC (stx+, eae+) belonging at least in TOP 7 serogroups

bioMérieux’s solution combines molecular precision, evolution of culture technology, and efficient workflows to deliver fast, reliable results with fewer false positives. Adapt your EHEC detection workflow with two options, designed to align with local regulatory requirements and regional market needs — wherever you operate, bioMérieux has you covered.

Because safety, speed and accuracy should never be compromised, trust the power of GENE-UP® and IDEA™ STEC to elevate your EHEC detection strategy.

Dual Targeting Approach (stx + eae + TOP Serogroups)

Enhance your confirmation workflow with IDEA™ STEC, dedicated isolation medium for presumptive positive STEC colonies.

For a more targeted and reliable confirmation step, seamlessly integrate IDEA™ STEC into your detection protocol.

  • Confirm up to 50% more positives than with conventional methods – ensure no critical result is missed
  • Maximize detection confidence with IDEA™ STEC: rapidly pinpoint true positives with clear, visible colonies
  • Cut confirmatory PCR tests by 45–60%, significantly reducing costs, reagent usage, and technician time

 

Tests

  • Listeria monocytogenes 
  • Listeria spp 
  • Salmonella 
  • Campylobacter 
  • EHEC 

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