Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-5g6vh Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-29T11:17:58.756Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The occurrence of Listeria species in pâté: the Cardiff experience 1989

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

I. J. Morris  and
C. D. Ribeiro
I. J. Morris
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XW
C. D. Ribeiro*
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XW
*
*Reprints available from: Dr C. D. Ribeiro
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Summary

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

Samples of 216 pâatés were examined for the presence of Listeria spp. Between May and August 1989; 35% were contaminated with L. monocytogenes, 5% of samples having counts of > 104/g. L. innocua was recovered from 2% of samples but no other species was isolated. Five serotypes of L. monocytogenes were represented (1/2, 4b, 4b(X), 4 not 4b or 4b(X), and NT). 4b was the predominant serotype and multiple serotypes were found in eight pâatés. The incidence of contamination with L. monocytogenes was greater in stored pâté (46%) than display pâté (30%). Sampling over a 21-day period showed an apparent increase in numbers of L. monocytogenes in 6 of 7 samples with multiple serotypes represented. There was no correlation between contamination of pâté by L.monocytogenes and the presence of coliforms. Comparisons are made between the contamination of soft cheese and pˇaté.

Type
Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 107 , Issue 1 , August 1991 , pp. 111 - 117
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

References

REFERENCES

1.McLauchlin, J, Gilbert, RJ. Listeria in Food. PHLS Microbiol Digest 1990; 7: 54–5.Google Scholar
2.WHO Working Group. Foodborne listeriosis. Bull WHO 1988; 66: 421–8.Google Scholar
3.Gill, P. Is listeriosis often a foodborne illness? J Infect 1988; 17: 1–5.Google Scholar
4.Fleming, DW, Cochi, SL, MacDonald, KL, et al. Pasteurised milk as a vehicle of infection in an outbreak of listeriosis. N Engl J Med 1985; 312: 404–7.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
5.Schwartz, B, Broome, CV, Brown, GR, et al. Association of sporadic listeriosis with consumption of uncooked hot dogs and undercooked chicken. Lancet 1988; ii: 779–82.Google Scholar
6.James, SM, Fannin, SL, Agee, BA. et al. Listeriosis outbreak associated with Mexican-style cheese. MMWR 1985; 34: 357–9Google Scholar
7.Kerr, KG, Dealler, SF, Lacey, RW. Materno-fetal listeriosis from cook-chill and refrigerated food. Lancet 1988; ii: 1133.Google Scholar
8.Johnson, JL, Doyle, MP, Cassens, RG. Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria spp in meat and meat products: A review. J Food Prot 1990; 53: 81–91.Google Scholar
9.Sizmur, K, Walker, CW. Listeria in prepacked salads. Lancet 1988; i: 1167.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
10.Pini, PN, Gilbert, RJ. The occurrence in the UK of Listeria sp. in raw chickens and soft cheeses. Int J Food Microbiol 1988; 6: 317–26.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
11.Morris, IJ, Ribeiro, CD. Listeria monocytogenes and pˇaté. Lancet 1989; ii: 1285–6.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
12.Lovett, J, Francis, DW, Hunt, JM. Listeria monocytogenes in raw milk: detection, incidence and pathogenicity. J Food Prot 1987; 50: 188–92.Google Scholar
13.McLauchlin, J. Listeria monocytogenes, recent advances in the taxonomy and epidemiology of listeriosis in humans. J Appl Bacteriol 1987; 63: 1–11.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
14.Schlech, WF, Lavigne, PM, Bortolussi, RA, et al. Epidemic listeriosis – evidence for transmission by food. N Engl J Med 1983; 308: 203–6.Google Scholar
15.Linnan, MJ, Mascola, L, Lou, XD, et al. Epidemic listeriosis associated with Mexican-style cheese. N Engl J Med 1988; 319: 823–8.Google Scholar
16.Wilkinson, PJ. Ignorance about listeria. Br Med J 1989; 299: 276–7.Google Scholar
17.Glass, KA, Doyle, MP. Fate and thermal inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes in beaker sausage and pepperoni. J Food Prot 1989; 52: 226–31.Google Scholar
18.Glass, KA, Doyle, MP. Fate of Listeria monocytogenes in processed meat products during refrigerated storage. Appl Environ Microbiol 1989; 55: 1565–9.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
19.Skovgaard, N, Morgen, C-A. Detection of Listeria spp. in faeces from animals, in feeds, and in raw foods of animal origin. Int J food Microbiol 1988; 6: 229–42.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
20.Kerr, KG, Dealler, SF. Food-borne listeriosis. Lancet 1989; i: 851.Google Scholar
21.Bannister, BA. Listeria monocytogenes meningitis associated with eating soft cheese. J Infect 1987; 15: 165–8.Google Scholar
22.Junttila, J, Brander, M. Listeria monocytogenes septicemia associated with consumption of salted mushrooms. Scand J Infect Dis 1989; 21: 339–42.Google Scholar
23.Barnes, R, Archer, P, Strack, J, et al. Listeriosis associated with consumption of turkey franks. MMWR 1989; 38: 267–8.Google Scholar
24.McLauchlin, J, Audurier, A, Taylor, AG. Aspects of the epidemiology of human Listeria monocytogenes infections in Britain 1967–1984; the use of serotyping and phage typing. J Med Microbiol 1986; 22: 367–77.Google Scholar
25.McLauchlin, J, Crofts, N, Campbell, DM. A possible outbreak of listeriosis caused by an unusual strain of Listeria monocytogenes. J Infect 1989; 18: 179–87.Google Scholar
26.Kerr, KG, Lacey, RW. Listeriosis: new problems with an old pathogen. J Hosp Infect 1988; 12: 247–50.Google Scholar
27.Gilbert, RJ, Miller, KL, Roberts, D. Listeria monocytogenes and chilled food1. Lancet 1989; i: 383–4.Google Scholar
28.Breer, C, Schopfer, K. Listeria and food. Lancet 1988; ii: 1022.Google Scholar
29.Azadian, BS, Finnerty, GT, Pearson, AD. Cheese-borne listeria meningitis in immuno-competent patient. Lancet 1989; i: 322–3.Google Scholar