South Africa - 2017 - Health

Listeriosis: Clinical Recommendations for Diagnosis and Treatment

Ministry of Health, South Africa

This document introduces Listeriosis as a bacterial disease caused by the gram-positive, rod-shaped, motile bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes. It details several Listeria cases and gender distribution amongst 5 categories of listeriosis patients and also the number of cases of laboratory-confirmed listeriosis in South Africa from January to October 2017 by 5-year age category. Chapter 6 and 7 of this document discuss the diagnosis and treatment of listeriosis in different forms.

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January 2022

This document introduces Listeriosis as a bacterial disease caused by the gram-positive, rod-shaped, motile bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes. It details several Listeria cases and gender distribution amongst 5 categories of listeriosis patients and also the number of cases of laboratory-confirmed listeriosis in South Africa from January to October 2017 by 5-year age category. Chapter 6 and 7 of this document discuss the diagnosis and treatment of listeriosis in different forms.

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