This Science News Wire page contains a press release issued by an organization and is provided to you "as is" with little or no review from Science X staff.

Listeriosis in the developing world may not follow usual pattern

July 27th, 2010

Rogier van Doorn and colleagues from Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam present a Learning Forum article in this week's PLoS Medicine that describes three unusual cases of patients with listerial meningitis. Listeriosis is a foodborne infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes that presents with a sepsis-like syndrome or as an acute-to-subacute central nervous system infection, mostly meningitis, with a 20%-30% mortality despite adequate treatment. Listeriosis in the developed world has most commonly occurred among newborns or in the elderly, during severe immune suppression, and especially during pregnancy. But this pattern cannot be assumed for those in developing countries: two of the three cases presented by Dr van Doorn and colleagues did not match this profile.

More information:
Chau TTH, Campbell JI, Schultsz C, Chau NVV, Diep TS, et al. (2010) Three Adult Cases of Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis in Vietnam. PLoS Med 7(7): e1000306. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000306

Provided by Public Library of Science

Citation: Listeriosis in the developing world may not follow usual pattern (2010, July 27) retrieved 18 August 2026 from https://sciencex.com/wire-news/41707475/listeriosis-in-the-developing-world-may-not-follow-usual-pattern.html

This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only.