The Opportunistic Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes: Pathogenicity and Interaction with the Mucosal Immune System

Listeria monocytogenes is an opportunistic foodborne pathogen causing listeriosis, an often fatal infection leading to meningitis, sepsis, or infection of the fetus and abortion in susceptible individuals. It was recently found that the bacterium can also cause acute, self-limiting febrile gastroent...

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Main Authors: Markus Schuppler, Martin J. Loessner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:International Journal of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/704321
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