Listeria monocytogenes Infection in Israel and Review of Cases Worldwide

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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yardena Siegman-Igra, Rotem Levin, Miriam Weinberger, Yoav Golan, David Schwartz, Zmira Samra, Hana Konigsberger, Amos Yinnon, Galia Rahav, Nathan Keller, Nail Bisharat, Jehuda Karpuch, Renato Finkelstein, Michael Alkan, Zvi Landau, Julia Novikov, David Hassin, Carlos Rudnicki, Ruth Kitzes, Shmouel Ovadia, Zvi Shimoni, Ruth Lang, Tamar Shohat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
epidemiology
foodborne disease
immuonocompromised hosts
Israel
Listeria monocytogenes
listeriosis
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/3/01-0195_article
Description
Summary: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.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059

Similar Items