ALLMedicine™ Listeria Monocytogenes Center

Jun 2nd, 2021 - Lactiplantibacillus plantarum is one of the lactic acid bacteria species most used as probiotics and starter cultures in food production. Bacteriocin-producers Lpb. plantarum are also promising natural food preservatives. This study aimed to chara...

May 31st, 2021 - Sprouts harbor high populations of bacteria and cause numerous foodborne disease outbreaks, yet little is known about their microbial composition. The present study aimed to define the microbiological ecology of sprouts using 16S rRNA microbiome s...

May 31st, 2021 - Tacrolimus is widely used to prevent graft rejection after allogeneic transplantation by suppressing T cells in a non-antigen-specific fashion. Global T cell suppression makes transplant recipients more susceptible to infection, especially infecti...

May 27th, 2021 - The public health risk posed by Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat (RTE) foods depends on the effectiveness of its control at every stage of the production process and the strain involved. Analytical methods currently in use are limited to the...

May 27th, 2021 - Whole genome sequencing of cultured pathogens is the state of the art public health response for the bioinformatic source tracking of illness outbreaks. Quasimetagenomics can substantially reduce the amount of culturing needed before a high qualit...

Jul 31st, 2019 - We investigated an outbreak of listeriosis detected by whole-genome multilocus sequence typing and associated with packaged leafy green salads. Nineteen cases were identified in the United States during July 5, 2015–January 31, 2016; isolates from...

Nov 20th, 2014 - Listeriosis is predominantly a foodborne illness, with sporadic and outbreak-related cases tied to consumption of food contaminated with listeria (Listeria monocytogenes). The incidence of listeriosis associated with pregnancy is approximately 13 ...

Dec 17th, 2013 - Sales of raw or unpasteurized milk and milk products are still legal in at least 30 states in the United States. Raw milk and milk products from cows, goats, and sheep continue to be a source of bacterial infections attributable to a number of vir...

Jun 2nd, 2021 - Lactiplantibacillus plantarum is one of the lactic acid bacteria species most used as probiotics and starter cultures in food production. Bacteriocin-producers Lpb. plantarum are also promising natural food preservatives. This study aimed to chara...

May 31st, 2021 - Sprouts harbor high populations of bacteria and cause numerous foodborne disease outbreaks, yet little is known about their microbial composition. The present study aimed to define the microbiological ecology of sprouts using 16S rRNA microbiome s...

May 31st, 2021 - Tacrolimus is widely used to prevent graft rejection after allogeneic transplantation by suppressing T cells in a non-antigen-specific fashion. Global T cell suppression makes transplant recipients more susceptible to infection, especially infecti...

May 27th, 2021 - The public health risk posed by Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat (RTE) foods depends on the effectiveness of its control at every stage of the production process and the strain involved. Analytical methods currently in use are limited to the...

May 27th, 2021 - Whole genome sequencing of cultured pathogens is the state of the art public health response for the bioinformatic source tracking of illness outbreaks. Quasimetagenomics can substantially reduce the amount of culturing needed before a high qualit...

Jul 31st, 2019 - We investigated an outbreak of listeriosis detected by whole-genome multilocus sequence typing and associated with packaged leafy green salads. Nineteen cases were identified in the United States during July 5, 2015–January 31, 2016; isolates from...

Jul 17th, 2018 - One person has died in an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Manhattan. So far, there have been 18 cases of the disease, and seven patients are still hospitalized. (NY Daily News) Elsewhere in New York, a d...

May 20th, 2015 - Q2: ANSWER: A Critique This pregnant patient has features compatible with Listeria monocytogenes infection. In any pregnant patient presenting with fever, Listeria needs to be considered after ruling out common conditions such as a urinary tract i.

Jan 15th, 2015 - American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Committee Opinion No.

Jun 4th, 2013 - Not much progress has been made since the turn of the century in reducing rates of infection with Listeria monocytogenes, which sickened 1,651 people from 2009 to 2011, according to the CDC. The rate of listeriosis during that time period -- 0.29 ...