Listeriosis in human pregnancy: a systematic review

Lamont, Ronald F.; Sobel, Jack D.; Mazaki‐Tovi, Shali; Kusanovic, Juan Pedro; Vaisbuch, Edi; Kim, Sun Kwon; Uldbjerg, Niels; Romero, Roberto

doi:10.1515/jpm.2011.035

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“…Starting in the 1960s, as a result of the introduction and widespread use of refrigerators, processed foods and extended shelf life foods became more associated with listeriosis due to L. monocytogenes [5]. This pathogen in addition to its zoonotic potential is also an important environmental contaminant of public health significance [6].…”

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Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in raw bovine milk and milk products from central highlands of Ethiopia

Seyoum

Woldetsadik

Mekonen

et al. 2015

J Infect Dev Ctries

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Introduction: Listeria monocytogenes is of major significance in human and veterinary medicine. Most human Listeria infections are foodborne and the association of contaminated milk and dairy produce consumption with human listeriosis is noteworthy. In Ethiopia, there is limited data regarding the prevalence of L. monocytogenes in raw bovine milk and dairy products. The aim of this study was, therefore, to determine the prevalence of L. monocytogenes in raw bovine milk and dairy produce. Methodology: A total of 443 milk and milk product samples were microbiologically analyzed following methods recommended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Bacteriological Analytical Manual to isolate Listeria spp. Results: The overall prevalence of Listeria spp. was 28.4% and specifically that of L. monocytogenes was 5.6%. Taking the prevalence of Listeria spp. into consideration, cheese was found to be highly contaminated at 60%, followed by pasteurized milk samples (40%), raw milk (18.9%) and yoghurt (5%). Considering the prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes only, raw milk had the lowest contamination while cheese had the highest, followed by pasteurized milk and yoghurt. Conclusions: Raw milk and milk products produced in urban and peri-urban areas of central Ethiopia were contaminated with pathogenic bacteria, L. monocytogenes. The detection of this pathogen in raw milk and milk products warrants an urgent regulatory mechanism to be put in place and also the potential role of milk processing plants in the contamination of dairy products should be investigated.

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Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in raw bovine milk and milk products from central highlands of Ethiopia

Seyoum

Woldetsadik

Mekonen

et al. 2015

J Infect Dev Ctries

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“…Pregnant women, particularly those in their third trimester, can develop L. monocytogenes induced chorioamnionitis (an infection of placental tissues) and infection of the foetus leading to abortion in 20-50% of cases [4]. Cases of listeriosis are generally sporadic but epidemics occur, such as that of 2011 in USA that resulted from contaminated cantaloupes and for which 147 cases and 33 deaths have been reported [5].…”

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How the Study of Listeria Monocytogenes has Led to New Concepts in Biology

Rolhion

Cossart

2017

Future Microbiol.

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The opportunistic intracellular bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes has in 30 years emerged as an exceptional bacterial model system in infection biology. Research on this bacterium has provided considerable insight into how pathogenic bacteria adapt to mammalian hosts, invade eukaryotic cells, move intracellularly, interfere with host cell functions and disseminate within tissues. It also contributed to unveil features of normal host cells pathways and unsuspected functions of previously known cellular proteins. This review provides an updated overview of our knowledge on this pathogen. In many examples, findings on Listeria monocytogenes provided the basis for new concepts in bacterial regulation, cell biology and infection processes.

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“…Listeria monocytogenes was identified in 2 cases and in the other 2 Listeria spp was reported. We could not do a serotype analysis, but around the world, the predominant serotypes tend to be similar: 1/2a, 1/2b and 4b (1,7,10).…”

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“…Other contamination sources have been reported as cantaloupe, hot dogs, sushi rolls, and meat pates. Most cases are sporadic and others are associated with an outbreak (1,3,4,5).…”

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