DIVISION INTO 5 GROUPS BY REA OF THE MOST FREQUENTLY ISOLATED PHAGOVAR OF LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENES IN SWEDEN 1976-1985

Authors
ERICSSON H STALHANDSKE P DANIELSSONTHAM ML BANNERMAN E BILLE J JACQUET C ROCOURT J URSING J THAM W
Citation
H. Ericsson et al., DIVISION INTO 5 GROUPS BY REA OF THE MOST FREQUENTLY ISOLATED PHAGOVAR OF LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENES IN SWEDEN 1976-1985, Medical microbiology letters, 5(3), 1996, pp. 145-155
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Medical microbiology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10184627
Volume
5
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
145 - 155
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-4627(1996)5:3<145:DI5GBR>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
One hundred and seven strains of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from human cases of listeriosis in Sweden during 1976-1985 were investigate d. Sero- and phagetyping showed that 74 strains (69%) belonged to sero var 4b and that 47 of these strains also shared phagovar 2389:2425:327 4:2671:47:108:340. Strains sharing this phagovar were further analyzed by REA, and could accordingly be arranged into five REA groups. Howev er, the majority of the 47 strains were distributed in two of the grou ps. This indicates that two clones of L. monocytogenes were responsibl e for a major part of the human cases of listeriosis in Sweden during the ten-year period studied.