Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in the Netherlands, 1985-2014: A nationwide surveillance study.

ABSTRACT:

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 population structure by multi-locus sequence typing.

Results

A total of 375 cases of Listeria meningitis were identified between 1985 and 2014. Peak incidence rates were observed in neonates (0.61 per 100,000 live births) and older adults (peak at 87 year; 0.53 cases per 100,000 population of the same age). Neonatal listerial meningitis decreased 17-fold from 1.95 per

SUBMITTER: Koopmans MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5513958 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature