0 a bacterium that causes food poisoning, found especially in cheese and other products made from milk
The overall case fatality rate was 25 % (37\147), with 24 of the 37 deaths (16 %) being due to listeria meningitis, and the others related to the underlying disease.
Listeria monocytogenes can adhere to all the materials commonly used in the food industry.
Although, two different strains in a patient may not have any obvious clinical relevance this phenomenon constitutes an interpretation problem when investigating sources and routes of listeria infection.
Listeria monocytogenes infected phagocytes can initiate central nervous system infection in mice.
Our discussion has ranged across salmonella, botulism, listeria and the problems of a contaminated drinking water supply.
Irradiation has, for example, been shown to be effective in dealing with bacteria such as salmonella, listeria and campylobacter.
It is extraordinary that after salmonella and listeria there is no contingency planning in the department to deal with a food scare of this nature.
This means that serious infectious diseases such as salmonella, listeria and even tuberculosis, would be exempt from this regulation.
