Human listeriosis caused by Listeria ivanovii
- Guillet, Christelle
- Join-Lambert, Olivier
- Le Monnier, Alban
- Leclercq, Alexandre
- Mechaï, Frédéric
- Mamzer-Bruneel, Marie France
- Bielecka, Magdalena K.
- Scortti, Mariela
- Disson, Olivier
- Berche, Patrick
- Vazquez-Boland, José
- Lortholary, Olivier
- Lecuit, Marc
Publication date
January 2010
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Abstract
Two species of Listeria are pathogenic; L. monocytogenes infects humans and animals, and L. ivanovii has been considered to infect ruminants only. We report L. ivanovii - associated gastroenteritis and bacteremia in a man. This isolate was indistinguishable from prototypic ruminant strains. L. ivanovii is thus an enteric opportunistic human pathogen.</p
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