Human listeriosis

MM Koopmans, MC Brouwer… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular pathogen that can cause
severe invasive infections upon ingestion with contaminated food. Clinically, listerial …

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 …

Listeria monocytogenes Pathogenesis: The Role of Stress Adaptation

T Sibanda, EM Buys - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Adaptive stress tolerance responses are the driving force behind the survival ability of
Listeria monocytogenes in different environmental niches, within foods, and ultimately, the …

A hybrid sub-lineage of Listeria monocytogenes comprising hypervirulent isolates

Y Yin, H Yao, S Doijad, S Kong, Y Shen, X Cai… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) is a highly heterogeneous species
and currently comprises of 4 evolutionarily distinct lineages. Here, we characterize isolates …

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 …

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 …

Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Listeria monocytogenes Strains Isolated From Ready-to-Eat Foods in Chile

J Parra-Flores, O Holý, F Bustamante… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Listeria monocytogenes is causing listeriosis, a rare but severe foodborne infection.
Listeriosis affects pregnant women, newborns, older adults, and immunocompromised …

Genetic diversity, virulence factors, and antimicrobial resistance of Listeria monocytogenes from food, livestock, and clinical samples between 2002 and 2019 in China

TM Anwar, H Pan, W Chai, A Ed-Dra, W Fang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Listeria monocytogenes remains a significant public health threat, leading to invasive
listeriosis with severe manifestations (ie septicemia, meningitis, and abortion) and up to 30 …

Differential stress responsiveness determines intraspecies virulence heterogeneity and host adaptation in Listeria monocytogenes

L Hafner, E Gadin, L Huang, A Frouin, F Laporte… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Microbial pathogenesis is mediated by the expression of virulence genes. However, as
microbes with identical virulence gene content can differ in their pathogenic potential, other …

Genetic diversity and profiles of genes associated with virulence and stress resistance among isolates from the 2010-2013 interagency Listeria monocytogenes …

Y Chen, Y Chen, R Pouillot, S Dennis, Z **an… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) was performed on 201 Listeria monocytogenes isolates
recovered from 102 of 27,389 refrigerated ready-to-eat (RTE) food samples purchased at …