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Listeria species in domestic environments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

R. R. Beumer ,
M. C. te Giffel ,
E. Spoorenberg  and
F. M. Rombouts
R. R. Beumer
Affiliation:
Agricultural University, Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Bomenweg 2, NL-6703 HD Wageningen, The Netherlands.
M. C. te Giffel
Affiliation:
Agricultural University, Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Bomenweg 2, NL-6703 HD Wageningen, The Netherlands.
E. Spoorenberg
Affiliation:
Agricultural University, Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Bomenweg 2, NL-6703 HD Wageningen, The Netherlands.
F. M. Rombouts
Affiliation:
Agricultural University, Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Bomenweg 2, NL-6703 HD Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Using a direct isolation method Listeria spp. were detected in 101 (47·4%) of 213 houses investigated. L. monocytogenes was present in 45 houses (21·1%). Listeria spp. occurred at all sampling sites. Dish-cloths (37%) and surface samples round the drain in the bathroom (27·2%) were most frequently contaminated. Highest numbers (c. 104 c.f.u./object) were found in dish-cloths and washing-up brushes. Lower levels (up to 103 c.f.u./object) were obtained from kitchen sinks, refrigerator vegetable compartment samples and tooth brushes. In total, 132 isolations of Listeria spp. were made from 871 samples. L. innocua (53%) and L. monocytogenes (41%) were the predominant species in the positive samples. Other Listeria spp. were found in only 6% of the positive samples.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 117 , Issue 3 , December 1996 , pp. 437 - 442
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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