Listeria monocytogenes Infection in Israel and Review of Cases Worldwide

Listeria monocytogenes, an uncommon foodborne pathogen, is increasingly recognized as a cause of life-threatening disease. A marked increase in reported cases of listeriosis during 1998 motivated a retrospective nationwide survey of the infection in Israel. From 1995 to 1999, 161 cases were identifi...

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Autores principales: Siegman-Igra, Yardena, Levin, Rotem, Weinberger, Miriam, Golan, Yoav, Schwartz, David, Samra, Zmira, Konigsberger, Hana, Yinnon, Amos, Rahav, Galia, Keller, Nathan, Bisharat, Nail, Karpuch, Jehuda, Finkelstein, Renato, Alkan, Michael, Landau, Zvi, Novikov, Julia, Hassin, David, Rudnicki, Carlos, Kitzes, Ruth, Ovadia, Shmouel, Shimoni, Zvi, Lang, Ruth, Shohat, Tamar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3369577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11927029
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0803.010195
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Sumario:Listeria monocytogenes, an uncommon foodborne pathogen, is increasingly recognized as a cause of life-threatening disease. A marked increase in reported cases of listeriosis during 1998 motivated a retrospective nationwide survey of the infection in Israel. From 1995 to 1999, 161 cases were identified; 70 (43%) were perinatal infections, with a fetal mortality rate of 45%. Most (74%) of the 91 nonperinatal infections involved immunocompromised patients with malignancies, chronic liver disease, chronic renal failure, or diabetes mellitus. The common clinical syndromes in these patients were primary bacteremia (47%) and meningitis (28%). The crude case-fatality rate in this group was 38%, with a higher death rate in immunocompromised patients.

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