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- Title
Listeria monocytogenes infection in Israel and review of cases worldwide.
- Authors
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
- Abstract
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.
- Publication
Emerging infectious diseases, 2002, Vol 8, Issue 3, p305
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid0803.010195