A survey of laboratory-confirmed isolates of invasive listeriosis in Israel, 1997-2007

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 577-580

  Vasilev, Valentine ^a   Japheth, R ^a   Andorn, N ^a   Yshai, R ^a   Agmon, V ^a   Gazit, E ^b   Kashi, Y ^c   Cohen, D ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b Department of Laboratories of the Ministry of Health ^*  (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Incidence; Listeriosis; Resistance; Serovars; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949098344     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001179     Document Type: Article

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