Investigations into a pregnancy-related case of listeriosis found a wider outbreak in Italy, according to a study.
In January 2020, a 28-year-old pregnant woman, living in a city near Rome, was admitted to a hospital in Rome.
A cesarean section was performed and a baby girl was born. The baby
Continue Reading Probe into pregnancy-related Listeria case finds more sick
A contaminated meat slicer was behind four Listeria infections in an Italian hospital in late 2020, according to a study.
Researchers said it was the first report of an outbreak of listeriosis caused by sequence type (ST) 451 in Italy.
Infections involved one immunocompromised and three cancer patients in different
Continue Reading Meat slicer linked to Listeria infections in Italian hospital
Customers of a Stop & Shop in the Greater Boston area should monitor themselves for symptoms of Listeria infection for the next two months if they recently ate meat or cheese from the grocery store’s deli.
The Rhode Island Department of Health posted a consumer alert this weekend urging anyone
Continue Reading Stop & Shop deli customers at risk for Listeria infection
When Janet Anderberg and her colleagues at the Washington State Department of Health began investigating an outbreak of Salmonella connected to one franchise location of a national sandwich chain, she had never disassembled a commercial deli slicer. But when her lab returned samples from the kitchen that showed Salmonella contamination
Continue Reading Broken Seals, Black Slime, Stowaway Bacteria: The Flaw in Many Deli Slicers
