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Listeria monocytogenes infection in Israel and review of cases worldwide

  • Yardena Siegman-Igra
  • , Rotem Levin
  • , Miriam Weinberger
  • , Yoav Golan
  • , David Schwartz
  • , Zmira Samra
  • , Hana Konigsberger
  • , Amos Yinnon
  • , Galia Rahav
  • , Nathan Keller
  • , Nail Bisharat
  • , Renato Finkelstein Jehuda Karpuch
  • , Michael Alkan
  • , Zvi Landau
  • , Julia Novikov
  • , David Hassin
  • , Carlos Rudnicki
  • , Shmouel Ovadia Ruth Kitzes
  • , Ruth Lang Zvi Shimoni
  • , Tamar Shohat

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)305-310
Number of pages6
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume8
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes

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