Listeria Monocytogenes : A Major Public Health Concern | ||||
Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases | ||||
Article 2, Volume 3, Issue 3, September 2013, Page 91-95 PDF (140.02 K) | ||||
Document Type: Review article and meta analysis | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/aeji.2013.17383 | ||||
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Author | ||||
Angela Revelas | ||||
Pathological Department of St.Nicolaos General Hospital ,Crete, Greece | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Listeria monocytogenes, an aerobic and facultatively anaerobic gram-positive bacillus, can be readily isolated from soil, dust, fertilizer, sewage, stream water, plants, and processed foods. The organism is also present in the intestinal tract of numerous mammals, birds, fish and crustaceans. | ||||
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