Listeria monocytogenes Infection in Israel and Review of Cases Worldwide

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  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
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Child Child, Preschool Female Global Health Humans Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical Listeriosis Male Middle Aged Pregnancy Research

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 8(3):305-310.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Israel
• Location:
  Middle East
• Volume:
  8
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f337aa1d2e8600f374c1325b09ccefcff05ce3923fda1bc7fa949472c28a4caf
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/13780/cdc_13780_DS1.pdf
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