Volume 8, Number 3—March 2002
Research
Listeria monocytogenes Infection in Israel and Review of Cases Worldwide
Yardena Siegman-Igra*
, Rotem Levin*, Miriam Weinberger†, Yoav Golan*, David Schwartz*, Zmira Samra†, Hana Konigsberger†, Amos Yinnon‡, Galia Rahav§, Nathan Keller¶, Nail Bisharat#, Jehuda Karpuch**, Renato Finkelstein††, Michael Alkan‡‡, Zvi Landau§§, Julia Novikov¶¶, David Hassin##, Carlos Rudnicki†, Ruth Kitzes***, Shmouel Ovadia†††, Zvi Shimoni‡‡‡1, Ruth Lang§§§, and Tamar Shohat¶¶¶
, Rotem Levin*, Miriam Weinberger†, Yoav Golan*, David Schwartz*, Zmira Samra†, Hana Konigsberger†, Amos Yinnon‡, Galia Rahav§, Nathan Keller¶, Nail Bisharat#, Jehuda Karpuch**, Renato Finkelstein††, Michael Alkan‡‡, Zvi Landau§§, Julia Novikov¶¶, David Hassin##, Carlos Rudnicki†, Ruth Kitzes***, Shmouel Ovadia†††, Zvi Shimoni‡‡‡1, Ruth Lang§§§, and Tamar Shohat¶¶¶Table 1
Immunocompromising conditions in 64 cases of non-perinatal Listeria monocytogenes infection, Israel, 1995-1999
| Main underlying illness |
No. of cases |
Additional underlying conditions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steroids/ chemotherapy | Chronic renal failure | Chronic liver disease | Diabetes mellitus | Others | ||
| Hematologic malignancy | 23 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8a |
| Solid malignancy | 22 | 9 | ||||
| Chronic renal failure | 8b | 1 | 2 | 1c | ||
| Chronic liver disease | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2c | ||
| Diabetes mellitus | 3 | 1 | ||||
1Dr. Lang died November 18, 2001.
