The Opportunistic Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes: Pathogenicity and Interaction with the Mucosal Immune System

M Schuppler, MJ Loessner - International journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Listeria monocytogenes is an opportunistic foodborne pathogen causing listeriosis, an often
fatal infection leading to meningitis, sepsis, or infection of the fetus and abortion in …

Intracellular Gene Expression Profile of Listeria monocytogenes

SS Chatterjee, H Hossain, S Otten, C Kuenne… - Infection and …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Listeria monocytogenes is a gram-positive, food-borne microorganism responsible for
invasive infections with a high overall mortality. L. monocytogenes is among the very few …

Pathogen, host and environmental factors contributing to the pathogenesis of listeriosis

AJ Roberts, M Wiedmann - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS, 2003 - Springer
Listeriosis is a severe human and animal disease caused by two species of pathogenic
bacteria from the genus Listeria, L. monocytogenes and L. ivanovii. In humans, listeriosis is …

The cell biology of Listeria monocytogenes infection: the intersection of bacterial pathogenesis and cell-mediated immunity

DA Portnoy, V Auerbuch, IJ Glomski - The Journal of cell biology, 2002 - rupress.org
Listeria monocytogenes has emerged as a remarkably tractable pathogen to dissect basic
aspects of cell biology, intracellular pathogenesis, and innate and acquired immunity. In …

[PDF][PDF] Listeria monocytogenes: food-borne pathogen and hygiene indicator

T Jemmi, R Stephan - Rev Sci Tech, 2006 - researchgate.net
In the past 25 years, Listeria monocytogenes has become increasingly important as a food-
associated pathogen. Most European Union countries have an annual incidence of human …

[HTML][HTML] Landscape of Stress Response and Virulence Genes Among Listeria monocytogenes Strains

BZ Lakicevic, HMW Den Besten… - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The pathogenic microorganism Listeria monocytogenes is ubiquitous and responsible for
listeriosis, a disease with a high mortality rate in susceptible people. It can persist in different …

Uncovering Listeria monocytogenes hypervirulence by harnessing its biodiversity

MM Maury, YH Tsai, C Charlier, M Touchon… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Microbial pathogenesis studies are typically performed with reference strains, thereby
overlooking within-species heterogeneity in microbial virulence. Here we integrated human …

[HTML][HTML] Listeria monocytogenes – How This Pathogen Survives in Food-Production Environments?

J Osek, B Lachtara, K Wieczorek - Frontiers in microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of human listeriosis,
a severe disease, especially dangerous for the elderly, pregnant women, and newborns …

Listeria as an Enteroinvasive Gastrointestinal Pathogen

SB Barbuddhe, T Chakraborty - … mechanisms of bacterial infection via the …, 2009 - Springer
The bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of listeriosis, a highly fatal
opportunistic foodborne infection. Listeria spp. are isolated from a diversity of environmental …

Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes Strains Isolated During 2011–2013 from Human Infections in Switzerland

D Althaus, A Lehner, S Brisse, M Maury… - Foodborne …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Listeria monocytogenes, an emerging foodborne pathogen, can cause in the population at
risk severe infections that are associated with high case fatality rates. A total of 93 L …