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Listeriosis infection primer for health-care providers and the public
September 12, 2008With the current outbreaks of listeriosis in Canada connected to deli meats and cheese, CMAJ is releasing guidelines for health care professionals and the general public about symptoms, who is at risk, symptom management, and how to reduce the risk of listeriosis. http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/rapidpdf/cmaj.081377v1
In the United States, about 20-65% of all foodborne-related deaths are caused by listeriosis. In people with healthy immune systems, listeriosis usually resolves without treatment after a flu-like illness. However, pregnant women are 20 times more likely than healthy adults to contract listeriosis and risk passing it on to their babies, which can result in miscarriage or infant death. The elderly and people with cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, AIDS/HIV and other illnesses that weaken immune systems are high-risk groups for contracting listeriosis.
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Listeriosis Current Events and Listeriosis News RSSNew treatment for food poisoning
A team of researchers working at the University of Bristol has found a potential new treatment for listeriosis, a deadly form of food poisoning.
Hide and seek: Researchers discover a new way for infectious bacteria to enter cells
French scientists have learned how Listeria monocytogenes, which causes a major food-borne illness, commandeers cellular transport machinery to invade cells and hide from the body's immune system.
Malicious at the Push of a Button
"Molecular switch" turns food bacteria into dangerous germ
How do we see bacteria
Understanding how the body's immune system recognises and responds to microorganisms can be a major step in the development of new therapies against infectious diseases. Towards this aim, a paper just released in the October issue of Embo reports1 discusses the process used by mammals to respond to bacteria such as Helicobacter pylori, Listeria monocytogenes and Streptococcus pneumoniae which are responsible for ulcers, Listeriosis and pneumonia, respectively.
Listeria monocytogenes: how can a relatively innocuous food-borne pathogen induce a potentially fatal disease?
Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) provokes listeriosis, a potentially fatal food-borne disease, which mainly affects pregnant women and immuno-compromised individuals where it can lead to death rate as high as 30%. Understanding the mechanism behind the disease is crucial to dealing with this serious health problem. In the latest Journal of Cell Science, scientists describe how two mammalian proteins, myosin VIIa and vezatin, are hijacked by L. monocytogenes and used in the propagation of the infection within the host. This is a particularly important discovery because in listeriosis, it is the spreading of the infection from the digestive system (the bacteria's entrance door) to th
UK Scientists Create Medical And Food Safety Tool From Virus
UK scientists have found a way to explode deadly food-poisoning bacteria using an agent found in viruses. Professor Mike Gasson from the Institute of Food Research in Norwich discovered the potential of viruses while researching flavour development in cheese in the early 1990s. And with the help of Profos AG, an international company specialising in bacterial viruses and antimicrobial agents, and PBL, technology transfer experts on the Norwich Research Park, the germ of an idea is translating into practical technology. A new, exclusive worldwide licence marks a first step towards commercialisation. "Viruses can infect bacteria as well as humans. A virus invades bacterial cells, multipl
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