TY - JOUR T1 - Listeriosis: Recognizing it, treating it, preventing it JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 375 LP - 380 VL - 66 IS - 6 AU - Alan J. Taege Y1 - 1999/06/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/66/6/375.abstract N2 - 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. ER -