Hospital outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes septicaemia: a problem of cross infection?
A 74-year-old man was admitted to hospital with septicaemia and meningitis caused by Listeria monocytogenes. Subsequently 3 inpatients developed listeria septicaemia. Case-to-case transmission of the infection seems possible, although the method of transmission remains obscure.
D000368:Aged; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004739:England; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D008584:Meningitis, Listeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D014504:Urban Health