title: [Risk factors of listeriosis in Denmark 1989-1990].
abstract: Risk factors for listeriosis are foods and underlying diseases. A case-control-study of listeriosis patients' dietary habits showed that unpasteurized milk was a risk food for sporadic listeriosis. A blue-mould cheese was significantly more often eaten by patients ill with an epidemic phage type. Leukaemia, AIDS and renal transplantation were found to be associated with a more than 1000 times higher risk of acquiring listeriosis, compared with healthy persons. As a part of prophylaxis, persons with a high risk of listeriosis should be informed individually about food hygiene and risk foods.
authors.affiliation: Klinisk mikrobiologisk afdeling, Statens Seruminstitut, Københaven.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gerner-Smidt
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Frederiksen
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003611:Dairy Products; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Risikofaktorer for listeriose i Danmark 1989-1990.