PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Alan J. Taege
TI  - Listeriosis: Recognizing it, treating it, preventing it
DP  - 1999 Jun 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 375--380
VI  - 66
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/66/6/375.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/66/6/375.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1999 Jun 01; 66
AB  - 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.