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Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in the Netherlands, 1985-2014: A nationwide surveillance study.
The Journal of infection - 1 Jul 2017
Koopmans Merel M, Bijlsma Merijn W, Brouwer Matthijs C, van de Beek Diederik, van der Ende Arie
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Listeria monocytogenes can cause sepsis and meningitis. We report national surveillance data on L. monocytogenes meningitis in the Netherlands, describing incidence changes, genetic epidemiology and fatality rate. METHODS: We analyzed data from the Netherlands Reference Laboratory of Bacterial Meningitis for cases of L. monocytogenes meningitis. Strains were assessed by serotyping and bacterial...
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