title: Detection of Listeria monocytogenes in humans, animals and foods.
abstract: The Listeria monocytogenes-carrying rates were 100% for listeriosis patients and 1.3% for healthy humans. The L. monocytogenes contamination rates for retail sliced beef (34.2%) and pork (36.4%) were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than those for cattle (2.0%) and pigs (0.8%) and for cattle (4.9%) and swine (7.4%) carcasses. The percentages of serotypes 1/2a, 1/2b and 4b which are most dominant in human patients were high in isolates from fresh (90.0%) and processed (100%) fish and shellfish and imported natural cheese (96.7%).
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Metropolitan Research Laboratory of Public Health, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanzaki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kokubo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kaneuchi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000382:microbiology; D002611:Cheese / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D004285:Dogs / Q000382:microbiology; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats / Q000382:microbiology; D012758:Shellfish / Q000382:microbiology; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology