Genotypic and virulence characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes recovered from food items in Lebanon | Zendy

Nathaline Haidar-Ahmad | Zendy; Kohar Annie B. Kissoyan | Zendy; Sukayna Fadlallah | Zendy; Rima El-Hajj | Zendy; Majd Saleh | Zendy; Nada Ghosn | Zendy; Ghassan M. Matar | Zendy

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Genotypic and virulence characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes recovered from food items in Lebanon

Author(s) -

Nathaline Haidar-Ahmad,

Kohar Annie B. Kissoyan,

Sukayna Fadlallah,

Rima El-Hajj,

Majd Saleh,

Nada Ghosn,

Ghassan M. Matar

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.7092

Subject(s) - listeria monocytogenes , virulence , genotype , listeria , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , bacteria , gene

Listeria monocytogenes is the agent of listeriosis, a life threatening foodborne disease for immunocompromised patients and pregnant women. This bacterium is not routinely screened for in Lebanon and there is lack of data about the prevalent strains and their potential pathogenicity. To that purpose, this study was undertaken to characterize L. monocytogenes from various food products, by assessing the in vitro biofilm forming ability, detecting their virulence potential, and characterizing them at the strain level.

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