In the first seven weeks of 2016, five serotype 1/2a Listeria monocytogenes isolates were collected from patients with invasive listeriosis in Ancona province in Italy. These strains and six 1/2a isolates identified in 2015 in the same area were typed by ERIC-PCR and PFGE. A clonal relationship, documented between the two sets of isolates, suggested a listeriosis outbreak in Ancona that started...

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 neona...

Listeria monocytogenes, is a Gram positive, aerobic, intracellular pathogen with a predilection to cause illness in patients with diminished cell mediated immunity(l,2). Reports of listeriosis from India are scanty either because of its rarity, failure to recognize the bacterial growth, improper isolation techniques or lack of awareness. We present three cases of listeriosis to document the set...

Between November 1996 and December 2006, two cases of early-onset and one case of late-onset neonatal listeriosis were reported in San Luis, Argentina. This article describes clinical and laboratory findings as well as treatment and outcome for newborns treated for Listeria monocytogenes meningitis or septicaemia. In one of the newborns with early-onset listeriosis, meningitis led to important ...

Despite efforts made by different regulatory agencies throughout the world, listeriosis is still one of the most serious foodborne diseases of our society due to the severity of manifestations (septicaemia, meningitis and foetal death) with a case-fatality rate ranging from 20% to 50%. Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne pathogen widely distributed throughout the natural environment and cons...

A Corriedale ewe was confirmed as the first atypical scrapie case during an active surveillance program for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in small ruminants in Japan. The animal was homozygous for the AF141RQ haplotype of PRNP. The animal showed clinical neurological signs possibly due to listeriosis before culling. Western blot analysis showed an unusual multiple banded pattern wit...

In recent years, nanomedicine has transformed many areas of traditional medicine, and enabled fresh insights into the prevention of previously difficult to treat diseases. An example of the transformative power of nanomedicine is a recent nano-vaccine against listeriosis, a serious bacterial infection affecting not only pregnant women and their neonates, but also immune-compromised patients wit...