Cutaneous listeriosis in a veterinarian with the evidence of zoonotic transmission - A case report

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 238-241

  Zelenik, K ^a   Avbersek J ^b   Pate, M ^b   Lusicky M ^a   Krt, B ^b   Ocepek, M ^b   Zdovc, I ^b  

^a Institute of Public Health Maribor   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Genotyping; Listeria monocytogenes; Man; PFGE; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SLOVENIA; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARIAN; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SLOVENIA; VETERINARIANS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84899118761     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12075     Document Type: Article

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