Listeriosis During Pregnancy: Maternal and Neonatal Consequences—A Case Report
Linas Rovas,1,2 Arturas Razbadauskas,1 Gabriele Slauzgalvyte2 1Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Klaipeda University Hospital, Klaipeda, LithuaniaCorrespondence: Linas Rovas, Klaipeda University Hospital,
Rovas L, Razbadauskas A, Slauzgalvyte G
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Seafood from Norway : food safety [PDF]
Since Norway is a major supplier of seafood worldwide, monitoring the food safety of Norwegian fish products is a priority. This commentary gives a brief overview of the food safety of seafood from Norwegian waters.
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Draft genome sequences of 25 Listeria monocytogenes isolates associated with human clinical Listeriosis in Ireland [PDF]
Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive opportunistic pathogen that is the causative agent of listeriosis. Here, we report the draft genome sequences of 25 L.
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Microbiology and cell biology of the interaction between Listeria monocytogenes and Acanthamoeba spp. [PDF]
L. monocytogenes is ubiquitous in environment and can grow and survive in a wide range of environmental conditions. It contaminates foods via raw materials or food processing environments. However, the current knowledge of its ecology and in particular,
Akya, Alisha
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Bacterial Foodborne Disease: Medical Costs and Productivity Losses [PDF]
Microbial pathogens in food cause an estimated 6.5-33 million cases of human illness and up to 9,000 deaths in the United States each year. Over 40 different foodborne microbial pathogens, including fungi, viruses, parasites, and bacteria, are believed ...
Buzby, Jean C. +3 more
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A Meticulous Food Safety Plan Today Avoids Handcuffs Tomorrow [PDF]
In August 2010, thousands of people across the United States were poisoned by eating eggs unknowingly tainted with Salmonella enteritidis bacteria. Following a lengthy investigation, the owners of the facility where the outbreak began were sentenced to ...
Bousquet, Kim
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Enhanced surveillance of invasive listeriosis in the Lombardy region, Italy, in the years 2006-2010 reveals major clones and an increase in serotype 1/2a [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Invasive listeriosis is a rare, life-threatening foodborne disease. Lombardy, an Italian region accounting for 16% of the total population, reported 55% of all listeriosis cases in the years 2006-2010.
Anna Guaita +6 more
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Ranking the Risks: The 10 Pathogen-Food Combinations With the Greatest Burden on Public Health [PDF]
Examines food-borne pathogens with the highest disease burdens and the top ten foods most commonly contaminated by them, such as salmonella in poultry, toxoplasma in pork, and listeria in deli meats.
J. Glenn Morris, Jr. +2 more
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An assessment of food safety information provision for UK chemotherapy patients to reduce the risk of foodborne infection [PDF]
Objectives: Given the increased risk of foodborne infection to cancer patients receiving chemotherapy treatment, and the risk of listeriosis reportedly five-times greater to this immunocompromised patient group, there is a need to ensure the ...
Evans, Ellen W., Redmond, Elizabeth
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A review of consumer food safety research to identify domestic risk factors associated with listeriosis [PDF]
Introduction: Listeriosis is associated with the highest hospitalization and mortality rates of foodborne illnesses; listeriosis incidence has doubled in recent years in Europe.
Evans, Ellen W., Redmond, Elizabeth
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