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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Siegman-Igra, Yardena ; Levin, Rotem ; Weinberger, Miriam ; Golan, Yoav ; Schwartz, David ; ... More +
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 Less -
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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.
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 And Over
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Global Health
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Listeriosis
Male
Middle Aged
Pregnancy
Research

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 8(3):305-310.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Israel
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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