Current Aspects of Listeriosis
A special issue of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease (ISSN 2414-6366). This special issue belongs to the section "Infectious Diseases".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 2856
Special Issue Editors
2. CSIC-JA-USE - Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
Interests: listeriosis; antibiotic management of invasive infection; study of antibiotic resistance mechanisms; antibiotic stewardship; rapid diagnostic methods for invasive infection; molecular epidemiology methods for infection management
2. CSIC-JA-USE—Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; listeria monocytogenes; outbreaks; molecular epidemiology; nosocomial infections
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Listeria monocytogenes is an intracellular bacteria that causes an invasive disease in humans, listeriosis, a zoonosis with well-defined risk groups: over 65 years of age, immunocompromised, pregnant women, and neonates. This microorganism has the exceptional ability to cross biological barriers: intestinal, haemato-encephalic, and placental, generally causing abortion, septicemia, or central nervous system infections, with a mortality rate of around 30%.
Listeriosis generally occurs in sporadic cases; however, new molecular typing techniques have revealed the existence of previously unsuspected epidemic outbreaks.
The importance of listeriosis is not sufficiently recognized as it is a relatively uncommon disease. In fact, it is considered a rare disease included in ORPHANET, the European Consortium for Orphan Diseases and Orphan Medicinal Products under the reference ORPHA533.
Listeriosis is a food-borne disease in adults, but in newborns, it is a congenital disease in most cases. It is also one of the few congenital infections where antibiotic treatment can improve clinical outcomes.
Furthermore, listeriosis is a significant problem for the food industry, and many countries have introduced legislation to control the incidence of the disease.
Dr. José Antonio Lepe
Dr. Ángel Rodríguez-Villodres
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- listeriosis
- food-borne disease
- food industry
- infection
- Listeria monocytogenes
