Open AccessListeriosis at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Beijing, China: High Prevalence of Nonclustered Healthcare-Associated Cases Among Adult Patients
Author(s) -
Huan-ling Wang,
Khalil G. Ghanem,
Peng Wang,
Shuang Yang,
Tai-Sheng Li
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cis943
Subject(s) - medicine , health care , pediatrics , outbreak , disease , emergency medicine , virology , economics , economic growth
Listeriosis is an emerging infectious disease associated with high mortality. There are few published reports from East Asia and developing countries. Our goal was to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients diagnosed with Listeria monocytogenes at a tertiary care hospital in Beijing, China.
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