Listeriosis. New pieces to an old puzzle.

摘要: Seven years elapsed from the time Murray et al 1 identified Bacterium monocytogenes in a laboratory rabbit colony to recognition by Gill 2 that organism now called Listeria produced characteristic meningoencephalitis sheep he termed circling disease . Although Schultz al, 3 1934, described case of young woman possibly due this organism, it was not until 1951 Reiss 4 granulomatosis infantiseptica , which is most clinical manifestation human listeriosis. Despite obvious parallels between and veterinary listeriosis have arisen descriptions syndromes associated with L epidemiologic connection animal reservoir infection has only recently been forged. It become increasingly clear major mode transmission its broad environmental niche both adults neonates,