… Listeria monocytogenes is a facultative pathogenic saprophyte. It can cause a severe disease,
listeriosis… RT-PCR (on prfA; transcriptional activator of the virulence factor) was 10 2 –10 3 …

… monocytogenes is of paramount concern within the food industry, and improved methods
for more reliable, specific and rapid detection and identification of this insidious pathogen are …

… against listeriosis. The purpose of this review is to summarize recent progress in the
species-specific identification, subtyping and virulence determination of L. monocytogenes strains, …

… Finally, we describe the conventional detection methods, a successful isolation of L.
monocytogenes from samples and discussed the current antibiotic interventions to countermand this …

… Within the Listeria genus, Listeria monocytogenes is the only species pathogen for both
animals and humans. Human listeriosis is a public health problem, not because of its frequency (…

… , this approach was considered to be suitable for rapid detection of serotypes. Although
this method is quick, robust and easy to implement, it has limited discriminatory power, thus …

… and a PCR for virulence associated genes (the plcA, hlyA and prfA) with mice and chick
embryo inoculation for detection of pathogenic Listeria monocytogenes from milk and ready-to-…

… a new multiplex PCR assay for rapid detection of serotype 4h L. monocytogenes. Three primer
pairs … serotype 4h isolates harbor pan-species virulence genes acquiring from truncated …

… The PCR employed in the present study turned out to be specific for the individual detection
of five virulence-associated gene(s) namely plcA, prfA, actA, hlyA and iap found in Listeria …

… listeriosis requires rapid detection (and possibly enumeration) so that appropriate measures
can be taken. Amongst the rapid … (1987) Detection of hemolytic Listeria monocytogenes by …