RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Listeriosis: Recognizing it, treating it, preventing it
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 375
OP 380
VO 66
IS 6
A1 Alan J. Taege
YR 1999
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/66/6/375.abstract
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.