title: Isolation of Listeria from French meat products.
abstract: One hundred and ten Listeria strains were recovered from 378 meat samples: L. monocytogenes (68 strains), L. innocua (45) and L. welshimeri (7). L. monocytogenes isolates mainly belonged to serogroup 1/2 (1/2: 23 strains; 1/2b: 1; 1/2c: 43; 4b: 1). These results contrast those observed for 355 human strains isolated during the same period in France where serovar 4b strains were largely predominant (66.5%). 45% of the strains were phage typable. These results underline the widespread occurrence of Listeria in meat products.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Départemental de la Haute, Vienne, Limoges, France.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nicolas
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Espaze
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Catimel
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vidaud
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rocourt
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Courtieu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008087:Listeria / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008460:Meat; D012703:Serotyping; D014774:Virulence