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Table 1 Public Health unit’s case management and investigation of the three cases

From: Uncommon manifestations of Listeria monocytogenes infection

 

Case 1

Case 2

Case 3

Binary type (BT)

158

254

50

MLVA type

04-17-16-05-03-12-14-00-16

03-16-21-05-03-05-15-00-18

03-12-00-00-03-00-00-00-17

Pulse Field Gel Electrophoresis

4 T: 4: 1

50A: 44A: 1

Not done

Serotype (Molecular)

1/2b, 3b, 7

4b, 4d, 4e

Not done

MLST type

3

1

299

PHU Case management

Yes

Yes

Yes

Questionnaire/Interview

Yes

Yes

Yes

Environmental evaluation

No

No

No

Potential sources identified

Uncooked sausages and meat

None

None

Case definition of Listeriosis (NSW Health)

Yes

No

No

  1. MLVA- Multiple-Locus Variable number tandem repeat Analysis; MLST- Multi locus sequence typing, PHU- Public Health Unit.