Listeria monocytogenes
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MICROBIOLOGY
- A small non-sporulating, catalase positive, gram-positive bacillus. Grows well at 4-10oC (i.e. refrigerator temperature).
- It may appear as a gram-variable coccus, diplococcus, or diphtheroid.[2]
- Monocytosis-inducing in rabbits, uncommon in humans.
- Widespread in nature; recovered from raw milk, fruits and vegetables, deli meats, and soft cheeses.
- Colonizes colon in adults (5%).
- Transmission is food-borne and vertical, mother to fetus.
- Intracellular pathogen, immunity is T-cell mediated.
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Last updated: February 1, 2015
Citation
Spacek, Lisa A. "Listeria Monocytogenes." Johns Hopkins HIV Guide, 2015. Johns Hopkins Guide, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545122/all/Listeria_monocytogenes.
Spacek LA. Listeria monocytogenes. Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. 2015. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545122/all/Listeria_monocytogenes. Accessed September 20, 2019.
Spacek, L. A. (2015). Listeria monocytogenes. In Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. Available from https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545122/all/Listeria_monocytogenes
Spacek LA. Listeria Monocytogenes [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. ; 2015. [cited 2019 September 20]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545122/all/Listeria_monocytogenes.
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