Detection of Listeria monocytogenes in foods

• Main Authors: Ponniah, Jeyaletchumi, Robin, Tunung, Paie, Margaret Selina, Radu, Son, Mohamad Ghazali, Farinazleen, Cheah, Yoke Kqueen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13934/1/13934.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13934/; http://www.ifrj.upm.edu.my/17%20%2801%29%202010/%281%29%20IFRJ-2010-1-11%20Jeya%20Malaysia%20%28review%29.pdf

Listeria monocytogenes is a gram positive, facultative intracellular pathogen with the capacity to cause food poisoning outbreaks as well as severe illness in vulnerable human population groups. It can cause a rare but serious disease called listeriosis with high fatality rates (20–30%) compared wit...