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Molecular Epidemiology of Invasive Listeriosis due to Listeria monocytogenes in a Spanish Hospital over a Nine-Year Study Period, 2006-2014.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2015
Ariza-Miguel Jaime, Fernández-Natal María Isabel, Soriano Francisco, Hernández Marta, Stessl Beatrix, Rodríguez-Lázaro David
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the pathogenicity, invasiveness, and genetic relatedness of 17 clinical Listeria monocytogenes stains isolated over a period of nine years (2006-2014). All isolates were phenotypically characterised and growth patterns were determined. The antimicrobial susceptibility of L. monocytogenes isolates was determined in E-tests. Invasion assays were performed with epithelial HeLa cells. Finally, L....
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