See Also: intestinal fistula(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
listeria(medicine)
listeria(dictionary)
listeria(dictionary)
listeria infections(medicine)
listeria meningitis(medicine)
Listeria denitrificans(medicine)
Listeria grayi(medicine)
meningitis, listeria(medicine)

Listeria monocytogenes (medicine) and intestinal fistula (medicine)


Listeria monocytogenes (medicine)


Listeria monocytogenes
Rod shaped gram-positive bacterium. It is wide spread and can grow over an unusually wide range of temperatures 0-45­C). It is normally saprophytic but is an opportunistic parasite, in that it can survive within cells (particularly leucocytes) and can be transmitted trans placentally. It has caused a number of serious outbreaks of Food poisoning with a high mortality rate in recent years.


intestinal fistula (medicine)


intestinal fistula
Abnormal passage communicating with the intestines.