%0 Journal Article %A Alan J. Taege %T Listeriosis: Recognizing it, treating it, preventing it %D 1999 %J Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine %P 375-380 %V 66 %N 6 %X Listeria monocytogenes has become a major pathogen in foodborne illness. It most often affects patients who are pregnant, at the extremes of life, or immunocompromised in some way. A variety of clinical manifestations are possible, but bacteremia and meningitis are most common. This article reviews the epidemiology, microbiology, populations at risk, clinical manifestations, treatment, and prevention of listeriosis. %U https://www.ccjm.org/content/ccjom/66/6/375.full.pdf