Clinical and Bacterial Characteristics of Bloodstream Infections Caused by Listeria monocytogenes in Western China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Bloodstream infections (BSIs) caused by Listeria monocytogenes are linked to high mortality of the patients. Case-specific details related to this disease and causative strains in different districts remain to be characterized.

Methods

In this study, medical data of BSIs admitted to West China Hospital from October 2017 to March 2023 were retrieved from the hospital information system. The in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility testing and whole-genome sequencing were performed for L. monocytogenes strains isolated from blood specimens. The genetic relationship of these strains with those in public databases was also analyzed.

Result

The in-hospital mortality of L. monocytogenes BSIs was 25.7% (9/35). The changes in consciousness a

SUBMITTER: Wang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11452242 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature