LISTERIOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANT HE MOPATHY - A SERIES OF 3 CASES IN THE SAME WARD

During the Listeriosis epidemic which occurred in France in the summer 1992, three patients with malignant haematopathies hospitalized in ou r service contracted the disease. Although the retrospective investiga tions were hindered by the variable incubation period and the impossib ility of examining the foods eaten at the time of infection, there was a high probability that two of the patients had been infected by cook ed ham and dairy products at home. The third patient was apparently in fected in hospital with well-cooked food found to be contaminated. The hypothesis of infection has been raised.