S Kalekar, J Rodrigues, D D'Costa, S Doijad, J Ashok Kumar, S V S Malik, D R Kalorey, D B Rawool, T Hain, T Chakraborty, S B Barbuddhe
Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen associated with severe diseases in humans and animals. The genotypic analysis of 17 L. monocytogenes isolates recovered from humans in India during 2006-2009 using multiplex serotyping PCR allowing serovar predictions, conventional serology and by pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) is presented. The isolates were recovered from patients exhibiting various clinical conditions. A multiplex-PCR based serotyping assay revealed 88·24% (15/17) of the strains belonging to the serovar group 4b, 4d, 4e and 11·76% (2/17) to the serovar group 1/2b, 3b...
July 2011: Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology