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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-5-5
pubmed:abstractText
From December 1986 to March 1987 an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infection occurred in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. A patient-control study showed patients were more likely than controls to have had an ill family member and to have used antidiarrheal medication during the month before their illness. Diet histories showed patients were significantly more likely to have eaten ice cream or salami than were controls, and to have shopped at one grocery store chain. Subtyping of L. monocytogenes isolates of patients showed no predominant strain, and cultures of food products eaten by patients were negative except for Brie cheese eaten by one patient. With no predominant strain of L. monocytogenes in the patients, a common source for this outbreak is unlikely. Thus, the identified risk factors may have been associated with carriage of L. monocytogenes and a coinfecting organism may have precipitated disseminated disease. Possible cofactors should be considered in investigations of future outbreaks of listeriosis.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
159
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
680-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Bacterial Typing Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Disease Outbreaks, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Food Microbiology, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Ice Cream, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Immune Tolerance, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Immunosuppression, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Listeria monocytogenes, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Listeriosis, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Meat Products, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Philadelphia, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:2494267-Serotyping
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Investigation of an outbreak of listeriosis: new hypotheses for the etiology of epidemic Listeria monocytogenes infections.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article