Listeriosis

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Listeria (Listeriosis): information for health professionals and laboratories. Mar 2021 [internet publication].Full text

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Listeria (listeriosis): prevention. Apr 2023 [internet publication].Full text

Pinner RW, Schuchat A, Swaminathan B, et al. Role of foods in sporadic listeriosis. II. Microbiologic and epidemiologic investigation. The Listeria Study Group. JAMA. 1992 Apr 15;267(15):2046-50. Abstract

1. Mylonakis E, Hofmann EL, Calderwood SB. Central nervous system infection with Listeria monocytogenes. 33 years' experience at a general hospital and review of 776 episodes from the literature. Medicine (Baltimore). 1998 Sep;77(5):313-36. Abstract

2. Mylonakis E, Paliou M, Hofmann EL, et al. Listeriosis during pregnancy: a case series and review of 222 cases. Medicine (Baltimore). 2002 Jul;81(4):260-9. Abstract

3. Filice GA, Cantrell HF, Smith AB, et al. Listeria monocytogenes infection in neonates: investigation of an epidemic. J Infect Dis. 1978 Jul;138(1):17-23. Abstract

4. Gorse GJ, Thrupp LD, Nudleman KL, et al. Bacterial meningitis in the elderly. Arch Intern Med. 1984 Aug;144(8):1603-7. Abstract

5. Lorber B. Listeriosis. Clin Infect Dis. 1997 Jan;24(1):1-9. Abstract

6. Armstrong RW, Fung PC. Brainstem encephalitis (rhombencephalitis) due to Listeria monocytogenes: case report and review. Clin Infect Dis. 1993 May;16(5):689-702. Abstract

7. Bannister BA. Listeria monocytogenes meningitis associated with eating soft cheese. J Infect. 1987 Sep;15(2):165-8. Abstract

8. Bolan G, Barza M. Acute bacterial meningitis in children and adults. A perspective. Med Clin North Am. 1985 Mar;69(2):231-41. Abstract

9. Schuchat A, Deaver K, Hayes PS, et al. Gastrointestinal carriage of Listeria monocytogenes in household contacts of patients with listeriosis. J Infect Dis. 1993 May;167(5):1261-2. Abstract

10. Southwick FS, Purich DL. Intracellular pathogenesis of listeriosis. N Engl J Med. 1996 Mar 21;334(12):770-6. Abstract

11. Gillespie IA, Mook P, Little CL, et al. Human listeriosis in England, 2001-2007: association with neighbourhood deprivation. Euro Surveill. 2010 Jul 8;15(27):7-16.Full text  Abstract

12. Kasper S, Huhulescu S, Auer B, et al. Epidemiology of listeriosis in Austria. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2009;121(3-4):113-9. Abstract

13. Garrido V, Torroba L, García-Jalón I, et al. Surveillance of listeriosis in Navarre, Spain, 1995-2005--epidemiological patterns and characterisation of clinical and food isolates. Euro Surveill. 2008 Dec 4;13(49):19058.Full text  Abstract

14. Lyytikäinen O, Nakari UM, Lukinmaa S, et al. Surveillance of listeriosis in Finland during 1995-2004. Euro Surveill. 2006;11(6):82-5. Abstract

15. Vasilev V, Japheth R, Andorn N, et al. A survey of laboratory-confirmed isolates of invasive listeriosis in Israel, 1997-2007. Epidemiol Infect. 2009 Apr;137(4):577-80.Full text  Abstract

16. Maertens de Noordhout C, Devleesschauwer B, Angulo FJ, et al. The global burden of listeriosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Nov;14(11):1073-82.Full text  Abstract

17. Lamont RF, Sobel J, Mazaki-Tovi S, et al. Listeriosis in human pregnancy: a systematic review. J Perinat Med. 2011 May;39(3):227-36.Full text  Abstract

18. Ascher NL, Simmons RL, Marker S, et al. Listeria infection in transplant patients. Five cases and a review of the literature. Arch Surg. 1978 Jan;113(1):90-4. Abstract

19. Berenguer J, Solera J, Diaz MD, et al. Listeriosis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Rev Infect Dis. 1991 Jan-Feb;13(1):115-9. Abstract

20. Committee on Obstetric Practice, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Committee Opinion No. 614: management of pregnant women with presumptive exposure to Listeria monocytogenes. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Dec;124(6):1241-4. Abstract

21. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Listeria (Listeriosis): information for health professionals and laboratories. Mar 2021 [internet publication].Full text

22. Pouillot R, Hoelzer K, Jackson KA, et al. Relative risk of listeriosis in Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) sites according to age, pregnancy, and ethnicity. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Jun;54 Suppl 5:S405-10. Abstract

23. Silk BJ, Date KA, Jackson KA, et al. Invasive listeriosis in the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), 2004-2009: further targeted prevention needed for higher-risk groups. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Jun;54 Suppl 5:S396-404. Abstract

24. World Health Organization. Listeriosis - Australia: disease outbreak news. Apr 2018 [internet publication].Full text

25. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; European Food Safety Agency. Joint ECDC-EFSA rapid outbreak assessment: multi-country outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes serogroup IVb, multi-locus sequence type 6, infections linked to frozen corn and possibly to other frozen vegetables – first update. Jul 2018 [internet publication].Full text

26. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Listeriosis. In: ECDC. Annual epidemiological report for 2017. Stockholm: ECDC; 2020.Full text

27. Hayes PS, Graves LM, Ajello GW, et al. Comparison of cold enrichment and U.S. Department of Agriculture methods for isolating Listeria monocytogenes from naturally contaminated foods. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1991 Aug;57(8):2109-13.Full text  Abstract

28. Swaminathan B, Hayes PS, Przybyszewski VA, et al. Evaluation of enrichment and plating media for isolating Listeria monocytogenes. J Assoc Off Anal Chem. 1988 May-Jun;71(3):664-8. Abstract

29. Schwartz B, Hexter D, Broome CV, et al. Investigation of an outbreak of listeriosis: new hypotheses for the etiology of epidemic Listeria monocytogenes infections. J Infect Dis. 1989 Apr;159(4):680-5. Abstract

30. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Listeria (listeriosis): prevention. Apr 2023 [internet publication].Full text

31. Pinner RW, Schuchat A, Swaminathan B, et al. Role of foods in sporadic listeriosis. II. Microbiologic and epidemiologic investigation. The Listeria Study Group. JAMA. 1992 Apr 15;267(15):2046-50. Abstract

32. Azadian BS, Finnerty GT, Pearson AD. Cheese-borne listeria meningitis in immunocompetent patient. Lancet. 1989 Feb 11;1(8633):322-3. Abstract

33. Chlebicz A, Śliżewska K. Campylobacteriosis, salmonellosis, yersiniosis, and listeriosis as zoonotic foodborne diseases: a review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Apr 26;15(5):863.Full text  Abstract

34. Appleman MD, Cherubin CE, Heseltine PN, et al. Susceptibility testing of Listeria monocytogenes: a reassessment of bactericidal activity as a predictor for clinical outcome. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1991 Jul-Aug;14(4):311-7. Abstract

35. Linnan MJ, Mascola L, Lou XD, et al. Epidemic listeriosis associated with Mexican-style cheese. N Engl J Med. 1988 Sep 29;319(13):823-8. Abstract

36. Fleming DW, Cochi SL, MacDonald KL, et al. Pasteurized milk as a vehicle of infection in an outbreak of listeriosis. N Engl J Med. 1985 Feb 14;312(7):404-7. Abstract

37. Public Health England. Detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria species. Jan 2019 [internet publication].Full text

38. Colodner R, Sakran W, Miron D, et al. Listeria monocytogenes cross-contamination in a nursery [corrected]. Am J Infect Control. 2003 Aug;31(5):322-4.Full text  Abstract

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40. Maertens De Noordhout C, Devleesschauwer B, Maertens De Noordhout A, et al. Comorbidities and factors associated with central nervous system infections and death in non-perinatal listeriosis: a clinical case series. BMC Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 7;16:256.Full text  Abstract

41. Grumbach NM, Mylonakis E, Wing EJ. Development of listerial meningitis during ciprofloxacin treatment. Clin Infect Dis. 1999 Nov;29(5):1340-1. Abstract

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43. van de Beek D, Cabellos C, Dzupova O, et al. ESCMID guideline: diagnosis and treatment of acute bacterial meningitis. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2016 May;22 Suppl 3:S37-62.Full text  Abstract

44. Crum NF. Update on Listeria monocytogenes infection. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2002 Aug;4(4):287-96. Abstract

45. Stepanović S, Lazarević G, Jesić M, Kos R. Meropenem therapy failure in Listeria monocytogenes infection. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2004 Jun;23(6):484-6. Abstract

46. Thønnings S, Knudsen JD, Schønheyder HC, et al; Danish Collaborative Bacteraemia Network (DACOBAN). Antibiotic treatment and mortality in patients with Listeria monocytogenes meningitis or bacteraemia. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2016 Aug;22(8):725-30.Full text  Abstract

47. Helweg-Larsen J, Astradsson A, Richhall H, et al. Pyogenic brain abscess, a 15 year survey. BMC Infect Dis. 2012 Nov 30;12:332. Abstract

48. Infection in Neurosurgery Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. The rational use of antibiotics in the treatment of brain abscess. Br J Neurosurg. 2000 Dec;14(6):525-30. Abstract

49. Habib G, Lancellotti P, Antunes MJ, et al; ESC Scientific Document Group. 2015 ESC guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis: The Task Force for the Management of Infective Endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Endorsed by: European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM). Eur Heart J. 2015 Nov 21;36(44):3075-3128. Abstract

50. Bijlsma MW, Bekker V, Brouwer MC, et al. Epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease in the Netherlands, 1960-2012: an analysis of national surveillance data. Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Sep;14(9):805-12. Abstract

51. Lim S, Chung DR, Kim YS, et al. Predictive risk factors for Listeria monocytogenes meningitis compared to pneumococcal meningitis: a multicenter case-control study. Infection. 2017 Feb;45(1):67-74. Abstract

52. Arslan F, Meynet E, Sunbul M, et al. The clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of neuroinvasive listeriosis: a multinational study. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015 Jun;34(6):1213-21. Abstract

53. McGill F, Heyderman RS, Michael BD, et al. The UK joint specialist societies guideline on the diagnosis and management of acute meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in immunocompetent adults. J Infect. 2016 Apr;72(4):405-38.Full text  Abstract

54. Cone LA, Leung MM, Byrd RG, et al. Multiple cerebral abscesses because of Listeria monocytogenes: three case reports and a literature review of supratentorial listerial brain abscess(es). Surg Neurol. 2003 Apr;59(4):320-8. Abstract

55. Fouks Y, Amit S, Many A, et al. Listeriosis in pregnancy: under-diagnosis despite over-treatment. J Perinatol. 2018 Jan;38(1):26-30. Abstract

56. Charlier C, Perrodeau É, Leclercq A, et al; MONALISA study group. Clinical features and prognostic factors of listeriosis: the MONALISA national prospective cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 May;17(5):510-9. Abstract

57. Craig AM, Dotters-Katz S, Kuller JA, et al. Listeriosis in pregnancy: a review. Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2019 Jun;74(6):362-8. Abstract