prevalence of listeria monocytogenes in different groups of Egyptian population

ABSTRACT

Two hundred fecal samples were cultured for isolation of listeria monocytogenes to detect the prevalence of listeria among Egyptian population. These samples were collected from 50 pregnant women, 50 immunocompromised patients, and 100 apparently healthy individuals comprising the control group. In this work, Listeria monocytogenes was isolated from one pregnant woman [2%], two immunocompromised patients [4%], and also from one individual of the controls [1%]. These results indicate that Listeria infection should be considered in cases of repeated unexplained abortion in pregnant women and also in cases of pyrexia of unknown origin in immunocompromised patients