المؤلفون: Rovas, Linas (AUTHOR), Razbadauskas, Arturas (AUTHOR), Slauzgalvyte, Gabriele (AUTHOR)

المصدر: International Journal of Women's Health. May2023, Vol. 15, p695-699. 5p.

مصطلحات موضوعية: *LISTERIOSIS, *FOOD contamination, *PREGNANT women, *PREGNANCY, *NEONATAL sepsis, *FOOD consumption

مستخلص: Listeriosis is a rare but extremely dangerous infection for both mother and fetus. This pathogen can spread in humans' bodies by consumption of contaminated food. The main high-risk groups of people for being infected are immunosuppressed and especially pregnant women. We present a case of materno-neonatal listeriosis illustrating that empiric antimicrobial therapy of chorioamnionitis during labor and neonate postpartum can also cover listeriosis which was not diagnosed prior to obtaining cultures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

المؤلفون: Vázquez, Elena¹ (AUTHOR), de Gregorio-Vicente, Oscar¹ (AUTHOR), Soriano, Vicente¹ (AUTHOR), Álvarez-Domínguez, Carmen¹ (AUTHOR), Corral, Octavio¹ (AUTHOR), Moreno-Torres, Víctor^1,2 (AUTHOR) victor.moreno.torres.1988@gmail.com

المصدر: International Journal of Infectious Diseases. Aug2024, Vol. 145, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p.

مصطلحات موضوعية: *LISTERIOSIS, *LISTERIA monocytogenes, *COVID-19 pandemic, *STAY-at-home orders, *NEONATAL sepsis, *MORTALITY

مصطلحات جغرافية: SPAIN, ANDALUSIA (Spain)

مستخلص: • The hospitalizations and deaths from listeriosis in Spain have increased since 2000. • This increase was driven by listeriosis in the elderly and immunosuppressed. • An increased incidence in 2019 was related to a large outbreak in Andalusia. • Hospitalizations with Listeria decreased drastically during the COVID-19 pandemic. • Despite being declared a mandatory notifiable disease in 2015, figures are worsening. Listeria monocytogenes (LM) is a health threat worldwide given its high mortality and the growing of high-risk susceptible populations. All hospitalizations with a diagnosis of LM in the National Registry of Hospital Discharges were examined in Spain from 2000 to 2021. A total of 8152 hospital admissions with LM were identified. The mean age was 59.5 years and 48% were immunosuppressed (IS). The rate of LM hospitalizations increased from 5 per 1 million population in 2000 to 8.9 in 2021 (p < 0.001). A foodborne outbreak in Andalusia determined a sharp increase in admissions with LM during 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns were associated with a decrease in LM admissions. The overall in-hospital mortality was 16.7%. The number of deaths in patients hospitalized with LM rose from 7.8 per 100,000 deceased in 2000 to 18 in 2021 (p < 0.001). After adjustment, age >65 years (odds ratio [OR] = 2.16), sepsis (OR = 2.60), meningoencephalitis (OR = 1.72), endocarditis (OR = 2.0), neonatal listeriosis (OR = 2.10) and IS (OR = 2.09) were associated with mortality. The number of patients hospitalized with LM in Spain has increased significantly from 2000 to 2021. The increase in the rate of admissions and deaths was largely driven by the growing proportion of elderly and IS patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

المؤلفون: Calderón-Gonzalez, Ricardo¹ ricardocalderongonzalez@hotmail.com, Terán-Navarro, Héctor¹ hteran35@hotmail.com, Frande-Cabanes, Elisabet¹ desli87@hotmail.com, Ferrández-Fernández, Eva¹ ferrandez.eva@gmail.com, Freire, Javier² javifreiresalinas@gmail.com, Penadés, Soledad^3,4 spenades@cicbiomagune.es, Marradi, Marco^3,4,5 marcomarradi76@gmail.com, Gomez-Román, Javier² apagrj@humv.es, Yañez-Díaz, Sonsoles⁵ syanez@humv.es, Álvarez-Domínguez, Carmen¹ calvarez@humv.es, García, Isabel^3,4 igarcia.ciber-bbn@cicbiomagune.es

المصدر: Nanomaterials (2079-4991). Aug2016, Vol. 6 Issue 8, p151. 11p.

مصطلحات موضوعية: *LISTERIA monocytogenes, *LISTERIOSIS vaccines, *PREGNANT women

مستخلص: Listeriosis is a fatal infection for fetuses and newborns with two clinical main morbidities in the neonatal period, meningitis and diffused cutaneous lesions. In this study, we vaccinated pregnant females with two gold glyconanoparticles (GNP) loaded with two peptides, listeriolysin peptide 91-99 (LLO91-99) or glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 1-22 peptide (GAPDH1-22). Neonates born to vaccinated mothers were free of bacteria and healthy, while non-vaccinated mice presented clear brain affections and cutaneous diminishment of melanocytes. Therefore, these nanoparticle vaccines are effective measures to offer pregnant mothers at high risk of listeriosis interesting therapies that cross the placenta. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

المؤلفون: Imanishi, Maho^1,2 m.imanishi@gmail.com, Routh, Janell A.^1,2 iyp1@cdc.gov, Klaber, Marigny³ marignyklaber@elpasoco.com, Gu, Weidong¹ vhg8@cdc.gov, Vanselow, Michelle S.¹ msvanselow@gmail.com, Jackson, Kelly A.¹ gqv8@cdc.gov, Sullivan-Chang, Loretta¹ lorettachangmd@gmail.com, Heinrichs, Gretchen⁴ gretchen.heinrichs@dhha.org, Jain, Neena^2,5 pxesante@yahoo.com, Albanese, Bernadette³ balbanese@tchd.org, Callaghan, William M.⁶ wgc0@cdc.gov, Mahon, Barbara E.¹ bmahon@cdc.gov, Silk, Benjamin J.¹ ekj8@cdc.gov

المصدر: Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2/15/2015, Vol. 2015, p1-5. 5p.

مصطلحات موضوعية: *LISTERIOSIS, *PREGNANCY complications, *PREGNANT women, *FETAL death, *LISTERIA monocytogenes, *DURATION of pregnancy

مستخلص: Background. In 2011, a multistate outbreak of listeriosis linked to contaminated cantaloupes raised concerns that many pregnant women might have been exposed to Listeria monocytogenes. Listeriosis during pregnancy can cause fetal death, premature delivery, and neonatal sepsis and meningitis. Little information is available to guide healthcare providers who care for asymptomatic pregnant women with suspected L. monocytogenes exposure. Methods. We tracked pregnancy-associated listeriosis cases using reportable diseases surveillance and enhanced surveillance for fetal death using vital records and inpatient fetal deaths data in Colorado. We surveyed 1,060 pregnant women about symptoms and exposures. We developed three methods to estimate how many pregnant women in Colorado ate the implicated cantaloupes, and we calculated attack rates. Results. One laboratory-confirmed case of listeriosis was associated with pregnancy. The fetal death rate did not increase significantly compared to preoutbreak periods. Approximately 6,500–12,000 pregnant women in Colorado might have eaten the contaminated cantaloupes, an attack rate of ~1 per 10,000 exposed pregnant women. Conclusions. Despite many exposures, the risk of pregnancy-associated listeriosis was low. Our methods for estimating attack rates may help during future outbreaks and product recalls. Our findings offer relevant considerations for management of asymptomatic pregnant women with possible L. monocytogenes exposure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

المؤلفون: Mateus, Teresa^1,2,3, Maia, Rui L.⁴, Teixeira, Paula¹ pcteixeira@porto.ucp.pt

المصدر: Food Control. Dec2014, Vol. 46, p513-519. 7p.

مصطلحات موضوعية: *LISTERIOSIS, *PREGNANT women, *ABORTION, *FETAL death, *SEPSIS, *MENINGITIS

مصطلحات جغرافية: PORTUGAL

مستخلص: In pregnant women listeriosis may cause abortion, foetal death or neonatal morbidity in the form of septicaemia and meningitis. Improved education concerning the disease, its transmission and prevention measures have been identified as a pressing need. The aim of this study was to evaluate the food safety knowledge and practices among pregnant women in Portugal, giving particular relevance to listeriosis. For this purpose, a written questionnaire was constructed and answered by 956 women. Half of the respondents considered they had received a sufficient amount of information on food safety during pregnancy. This information was mainly provided from their doctors, who were considered the most competent to give this information. Although 32.3% of women interviewed had not changed their habits of preparation and cooking foods after becoming pregnant, the greater the amount of information received the more effective the change of habits was. A significant number of women avoided the consumption of foods considered to be high risk, however, for 32.0% of these women these foods were only avoided in meals taken outside home. The amount of information received influenced the foods avoided. Only 12.2% of the women interviewed had heard about listeriosis and, 47.0% of these did not know about the problems it can cause. Women who have had three or more pregnancies were those that most frequently reported not having received information or having received little information. These women also demonstrated less knowledge about listeriosis. The larger number of pregnancies corresponded with less economic resources and less education of the respondents. Women showed plenty of interest in receiving information about listeriosis; doctors and written information in flyers or in the Pregnancy bulletin provided by the State Medical Service were the main sources of information referred. It appears that planning is required, to raise awareness amongst health professionals of the need for food safety education for pregnant women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

المؤلفون: Antal, Ellen-Ann¹ (AUTHOR) e.a.antal@medisin.uio.no, Høgåsen, Helga R.² (AUTHOR), Sandvik, Leiv³ (AUTHOR), Mæhlen, Jan¹ (AUTHOR)

المصدر: Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. May2007, Vol. 39 Issue 5, p398-404. 7p.

مصطلحات موضوعية: *LISTERIOSIS, *EPIDEMIOLOGY, *PREGNANT women, *PUBLIC health

مصطلحات جغرافية: NORWAY

مستخلص: In Europe, the incidence of invasive listeriosis has increased substantially during the last decades. We here present data from 289 listeriosis cases reported in Norway during the period 1977-2003, of which 12 cases were associated with 2 outbreaks and 39 cases were pregnancy-related. Medical records were obtained from 209 cases with listeriosis reported in 1977-2000. While the incidence of pregnancy-related listeriosis has remained stable at an average rate of 34 per million pregnant women per y during the period, the incidence of sporadic, non-pregnancy-related cases has increased from 1.1 to 3.7 per million per y. The present Norwegian incidence of reported cases is lower than in Denmark, but the case fatality rate is higher, indicating a possible under-reporting of mild listeriosis cases in Norway. We discuss how preventive measures, case identification and surveillance may have influenced listeriosis incidence in Norway. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

المؤلفون: Ogunmodede, Folashade¹, Jones, Jeffery L.², Scheftel, Joni¹, Kirkland, Elizabeth², Schulkin, Jay³, Lynfield, Ruth¹ ruth.lynfield@health.state.mn.us

المصدر: Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2005, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p11-15. 5p.

مصطلحات موضوعية: *LISTERIOSIS, *BACTERIAL diseases, *PREGNANT women, *OBSTETRICS, *DAIRY products

مصطلحات جغرافية: UNITED States

مستخلص: Background: Listeriosis is a food-borne disease often associated with ready-to-eat foods. It usually causes mild febrile gastrointestinal illness in immunocompetent persons. In pregnant women, it may cause more severe infection and often crosses the placenta to infect the fetus, resulting in miscarriage, fetal death or neonatal morbidity. Simple precautions during pregnancy can prevent listeriosis. However, many women are unaware of these precautions and listeriosis education is often omitted from prenatal care. Methods: Volunteer pregnant women were recruited to complete a questionnaire to assess their knowledge of listeriosis and its prevention, in two separate studies. One study was a national survey of 403 women from throughout the USA, and the other survey was limited to 286 Minnesota residents. Results: In the multi-state survey, 74 of 403 respondents (18%) had some knowledge of listeriosis, compared with 43 of 286 (15%) respondents to the Minnesota survey. The majority of respondents reported hearing about listeriosis from a medical professional. In the multi-state survey, 33% of respondents knew listeriosis could be prevented by not eating delicatessen meats, compared with 17% in the Minnesota survey (p?=?0.01). Similarly, 31% of respondents to the multi-state survey compared with 19% of Minnesota survey respondents knew listeriosis could be prevented by avoiding unpasteurized dairy products (p?=?0.05). As for preventive behaviors, 18% of US and 23% of Minnesota respondents reported avoiding delicatessen meats and ready-to-eat foods during pregnancy, whereas 86% and 88%, respectively, avoided unpasteurized dairy products. Conclusions: Most pregnant women have limited knowledge of listeriosis prevention. Even though most respondents avoided eating unpasteurized dairy products, they were unaware of the risk associated with ready-to-eat foods. Improved education of pregnant women regarding the risk and sources of listeriosis in pregnancy is needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

المؤلفون: Rapose, A.¹ alwyn.rapose@gmail.com, Lick, S. D.², Ismail, N.³

المصدر: Transplant Infectious Disease. Dec2008, Vol. 10 Issue 6, p434-436. 3p.

مصطلحات موضوعية: *LISTERIOSIS, *PREGNANT women, *PATHOGENIC microorganisms, *VANCOMYCIN, *CIPROFLOXACIN, *ANTIBACTERIAL agents

مستخلص: Bacteria belonging to the genus Listeria have been isolated from food products of animal, plant, and fish origin, and are associated with infections in immunocompromised hosts, pregnant women, and infants. The species Listeria grayi has rarely been reported as a human pathogen. It has a unique antibiotic sensitivity profile. We describe a case of L. grayi bacteremia in a heart transplant recipient. The organism demonstrated a reduced sensitivity to ampicillin. The patient was successfully treated with a combination of vancomycin and ciprofloxacin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

المؤلفون: Haggag, Yasser N.¹, Nossair, Mohamed A.¹ mohammadnossair@yahoo.com, El Ash, Huda M.¹

المصدر: Alexandria Journal of Veterinary Sciences. 2020, Vol. 65 Issue 1, p42-49. 8p.

مصطلحات موضوعية: *FRANKFURTER sausages, *RAW milk, *LISTERIOSIS, *LISTERIA, *TEACHING hospitals, *PREGNANT women, *UNIVERSITY hospitals

مستخلص: The study was carried out during the period extended from September 2018 to February 2019 at El-Menoufia Governorate to investigate the presence of Listeria species in some food sources as well as aborted women. A total of 250 different samples were collected including; milk (100), kariesh cheese (25), beef meat (25), hot dog (25) and Bolti fish (25). Moreover, 50 vaginal swabs were collected from 50 aborted women from El-Menoufia University Hospital and Shibin El-Kom Teaching Hospital. The obtained results in the current work showed that the highest rate of isolation of Listeria spp. was recorded in the examined samples of Bolti fish (40%), followed by beef meat (28%) then raw milk (25%), Hot dog (24%) and finally kariesh cheese (20%) with statistically significant association between these rates of isolation. In addition, distribution of Listeria spp. isolated from raw milk samples clarified the identification of L. monocytogenes (2%), L. ivanovii (7%), L. innocua (5%), L. seeligeri (6%) and L. murrayi (5%), distribution of Listeria spp. isolated from kariesh cheese samples clarified the identification of L. monocytogenes (4%), L. ivanovii (8%), L. innocua (4%), and L. seeligeri (4%), distribution of Listeria spp. isolated from beef meat samples clarified the identification of L. monocytogenes (8%), L. ivanovii (4%), L. innocua (4%), L. seeligeri (4%) and L. welshimeri (8%), distribution of Listeria spp. isolated from Hot dog samples clarified the identification of L. monocytogenes (4%), L. ivanovii (8%) and L. welshimeri (12%) and finally, distribution of Listeria spp. isolated from Bolti fish samples clarified the identification of L. monocytogenes (4%), L. ivanovii (12%), L. innocua (4%), L. seeligeri (4%) and L. welshimeri (16%). On the other side, the rate of isolation from vaginal swabs of aborted women was 16% and distribution of Listeria spp. clarified the presence of L. monocytogenes (4%), L. ivanovii (4%), L. seeligeri (2%), L. grayi (2%), L. welshimeri (2%) and L. innocua (2%). Finally, PCR was applied successfully to detect LM1 gene in identification of isolates of L. monocytogenes. The recorded results in the current study throw the light upon the zoonotic potential of L. monocytogenes in El Menoufia Province where investigated samples were found to be positive for presence of Listeria with different rates that could ring the hazard bell about the significant role of different food products in transmitting these organisms to pregnant women. Moreover, PCR is a useful diagnostic tool for detection of L. monocytogenes because it sensitive and specific so this technique should be adopted as a complementary tool to conventional tests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

المؤلفون: Harris, Joanna

المصدر: Australian Nursing Journal. Jul2008, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p26-28. 3p.

مصطلحات موضوعية: *LISTERIOSIS, *PREGNANT women, *OLDER people, *LISTERIA monocytogenes, *NURSES

مستخلص: Listeria monocytogenes is an environmental bacterium that is capable of causing infection (known as listeriosis) in vulnerable people who generally acquire the organism following the ingestion of contaminated foods. Pregnant women are a particular risk group, as listeriosis in pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, neonatal septicaemia and meningitis. The immuno-compromised, and people over the age of 65 to 70 are also at increased risk of listeriosis. INSET: NOTIFIABLE DISEASES IN AUSTRALIA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]