Florian Blanchard, Benoît Henry, Sofieya Vijayaratnam, Etienne Canouï, Alexandra Moura, Pierre Thouvenot, Hélène Bracq-Dieye, Nathalie Tessaud-Rita, Guillaume Valès, Andrée Diakité, Alexandre Leclercq, Marc Lecuit, Caroline Charlier
BACKGROUND: Listeriosis is a foodborne infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes. Three main forms of listeriosis are well characterised, but little is known about L monocytogenes-associated spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. We used data from the French national surveillance of listeriosis to perform a nationwide retrospective study. METHODS: All patients with L monocytogenes isolated by culture from a peritoneal fluid sample in France between April 1, 1993, and Dec 31, 2022, were included...
April 9, 2024: Lancet Infectious Diseases