Making sense of the biodiversity and virulence of Listeria monocytogenes

O Disson, A Moura, M Lecuit - Trends in microbiology, 2021 - cell.com
Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen responsible for listeriosis, an infection that
can manifest in humans as bacteremia, meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised …

A Systematic Review of Listeria Species and Listeria monocytogenes Prevalence, Persistence, and Diversity throughout the Fresh Produce Supply Chain

A Townsend, LK Strawn, BJ Chapman, LL Dunn - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Listeria monocytogenes is an increasing food safety concern throughout the produce supply
chain as it has been linked to produce associated outbreaks and recalls. To our knowledge …

Enrichment dynamics of Listeria monocytogenes and the associated microbiome from naturally contaminated ice cream linked to a listeriosis outbreak

A Ottesen, P Ramachandran, E Reed, JR White… - BMC microbiology, 2016 - Springer
Background Microbiota that co-enrich during efforts to recover pathogens from foodborne
outbreaks interfere with efficient detection and recovery. Here, dynamics of co-enriching …

Listeriosis during pregnancy

M Madjunkov, S Chaudhry, S Ito - Archives of gynecology and obstetrics, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Listeriosis is a rare foodborne illness caused by Listeria monocytogenes. It can be
transmitted by consuming contaminated ready-to-eat food, long shelf-life products, deli …

Pervasive Listeria monocytogenes Is Common in the Norwegian Food System and Is Associated with Increased Prevalence of Stress Survival and Resistance …

A Fagerlund, E Wagner, T Møretrø, E Heir… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
To investigate the diversity, distribution, persistence, and prevalence of stress survival and
resistance genes of Listeria monocytogenes clones dominating in food processing …

[PDF][PDF] Epidemiology and treatment of the commonest form of listeriosis: meningitis and bacteraemia

P Pagliano, F Arslan, T Ascione - 2017 - researchgate.net
SUMMARY frequency and suggested by current guidelines and expert opinions. These
antibiotics bind to PBP-3 with high affinity and are stored in the cytosol when taken up by …

An economic evaluation of the whole genome sequencing source tracking program in the US

B Brown, M Allard, MC Bazaco, J Blankenship… - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) created the GenomeTrakr Whole Genome
Sequencing (WGS) Network in 2013, as a tool to improve food safety. This study presents an …

Environmental dissemination of pathogenic Listeria monocytogenes in flowing surface waters in Switzerland

S Raschle, R Stephan, MJA Stevens, N Cernela… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Listeria monocytogenes is an opportunistic pathogen that is widely distributed in the
environment. The aquatic environment may represent a potential source for the transmission …

The persistence of bacterial pathogens in surface water and its impact on global food safety

RL Bell, JA Kase, LM Harrison, KV Balan, U Babu… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Water is vital to agriculture. It is essential that the water used for the production of fresh
produce commodities be safe. Microbial pathogens are able to survive for extended periods …

Landscape of Stress Response and Virulence Genes Among Listeria monocytogenes Strains

BZ Lakicevic, HMW Den Besten… - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The pathogenic microorganism Listeria monocytogenes is ubiquitous and responsible for
listeriosis, a disease with a high mortality rate in susceptible people. It can persist in different …