title: Sporadic case of listeriosis associated with the consumption of a Listeria monocytogenes-contaminated 'Camembert' cheese.
abstract: Listeria monocytogenes is an intracellular gram-positive organism responsible for severe infections in both humans and animals. Whereas the food-borne transmission of listeriosis was demonstrated in several outbreaks, most cases of listeriosis occur sporadically and are rarely linked with consumption of contaminated foods. In this paper a case of septicaemia with L. monocytogenes in a 73-year-old immunocompromised man is described. Evidence for the association of this case of listeriosis with the consumption of a contaminated 'Camembert' cheese is provided by serotyping, esterase typing, DNA macrorestriction patterns analysis and level of virulence of the isolated strains for mice.
authors.affiliation: Belgian National Reference Center for Listeriosis, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Brussels.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gilot
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hermans
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yde
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gigi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janssens
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Genicot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: André
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wauters
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002611:Cheese / Q000382:microbiology*; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000635:transmission*; D008297:Male