Pathogenicity and Spontaneous Abortion caused by Listeria monocytogenes: a brief report

Subject Areas : Biotechnological Journal of Environmental Microbiology

Manoosh Zandehdel ¹ , Samaneh Kazemi ² , Amirreza Hajati Ziabari ³

1 - Deputy of Research and Technology, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
2 - Deputy of Research and Technology, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
3 - Department of Clinical Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2023-04-14 Accepted : 2023-05-07 Published : 2023-06-07

Keywords: Listeria monocytogenes, Pathogenicity, Abortion,

Abstract :

Listeria monocytogenes, as one of the foodborne pathogens, is a causative agent of listeriosis. Listeria is ubiquitous in the environment and can produce biofilms in the food production environment and thus contaminate ready-to-eat (RTE) products, which are typically consumed raw or without further processing. L. monocytogenes is an adaptable environmental bacterium. One of the most important characteristics of L. monocytogenes is its cold tolerance and resistance to high salt concentrations and low pH. On the other hand, this bacterium is an important pathogen in pregnant women, neonates, elderly individuals, immunocompromised individuals and patients with cancer. Spontaneous abortion is the loss of a fetus before the 20th week of pregnancy, when occurring naturally without any surgical or phar¬maceutical intervention. Based on previous studies, it appears that L. monocytogenes incidence is high among pregnant women. It can be concluded that, pregnant women and their health care providers should be informed about listeriosis during pregnancy.

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