ACP Broadsheet 129: August 1991. Isolation and identification of Listeria monocytogenes.

Introduction The incidence of human listeriosis continues to increase. The causative organism, Listeria monocytogenes, is responsible for a variety of clinical syndromes in several high risk groups. Infection in pregnant women commonly causes a benign self limiting flu-like illness in the mother, but may ultimately result in abortion, stillbirth, or the birth of a live child with signs of neonatal listeriosis at birth or within the first few days of life. Somewhat analogous to ,3 haemolytic group B streptococ