Listeria monocytogenes infections Book Section


Authors: Armstrong, D.; Louria, D. B.
Editors: Brachman, P. S.; Abrutyn, E.
Article/Chapter Title: Listeria monocytogenes infections
Abstract: Listeria monocytogenes has been recognized as a human pathogen since the turn of the nineteenth century. Investigations of listeriosis epidemics in North America and Europe over the past 25 years have confirmed a long-held suspicion that listeriosis is a foodborne disease.(1-7) L. monocytogenes infections resulting in invasive disease occur particularly often in the immunocompromised host, specifically those in whom the T-helper cell-mononuclear phagocyte arm of the immune defense system is altered. Severe disease also occurs in the very young and in older persons as well as in patients with neoplastic disease and in recipients of organ transplants. Alcoholism, cirrhosis, and diabetes mellitus are also frequently associated risk factors, as are adrenocorticosteroid therapy for underlying disorders such as collagen vascular disease or inflammatory bowel disease and treatment of certain chronic diseases with tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha)-neutralizing agents. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009.
Book Title: Bacterial Infections of Humans: Epidemiology and Control. 4th ed
ISBN: 978-0-387-09842-5
Publisher: Springer  
Publication Place: New York, NY
Date Published: 2009-01-01
Start Page: 461
End Page: 477
Language: English
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09843-2_22
PROVIDER: scopus
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Notes: --- - Book Chapter 22 - 9780387098425 (ISBN) - "Export Date: 1 November 2013" - "Source: Scopus"
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