| disease presentation in relation to infection foci for non-pregnancy-associated human listeriosis in england and wales, 2001 to 2007. | listeriosis is a rare but severe food-borne disease, affecting unborn or newly delivered infants, the elderly, and the immunocompromised. the epidemiology of listeriosis in england and wales changed between 2001 and 2007, with more patients > or = 60 years old presenting with bacteremia (but without central nervous system [cns] involvement). in order to explain this increase and understand the altered disease presentation, clinical, microbiological, and seasonal data on bacteremic cases of liste ... | 2009 | 19675217 |
| concurrent conditions and human listeriosis, england, 1999-2009. | the epidemiology of listeriosis in england and wales changed during 2001-2008; more patients ≥60 years of age had bacteremia than in previous years. to investigate these changes, we calculated risk for listeriosis by concurrent condition for non-pregnancy-associated listeriosis cases reported to the national surveillance system in england during 1999-2009. conditions occurring with l. monocytogenes infection were coded according to the international classification of diseases, 10th revision, and ... | 2011 | 21192852 |