Volume 16, Number 1—January 2010
Dispatch
Human Listeriosis Caused by Listeria ivanovii
Table
Reported human cases of Listeria ivanovii infection
Clinical condition | Sex | Underlying condition | Year reported (reference) |
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Unknown* | Unknown* | Unknown* | 1971 (3) |
Uterine discharge | F | Pregnancy | 1985 (4) |
Mesenteric adenitis | Unknown | Unknown | 1985 (4) |
Stillbirth | F | Pregnancy | 1990 (5) |
Bacteremia | M | AIDS, lymphoma | 1994 (6) |
Bacteremia | M | Substance abuse | 1994 (7) |
Bacteremia | M | Hepatic carcinoma | 2006 (8) |
Gastroenteritis, bacteremia | M | Immunosuppression† | 2007 (this study) |
*Published as Listeria monocytogenes serovar 5 (pre-1986 designation of L. ivanovii).
†Polycystic kidney disease (which led to chronic renal failure and renal transplantation), chronic hepatitis C.
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1These authors contributed equally to this article.