Listeria Monocytogenes : A Major Public Health Concern

Document Type : Review article and meta analysis

Author

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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