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. 2002 Feb;128(1):105–106. doi: 10.1017/s0950268801006379

A listeriosis patient infected with two different Listeria monocytogenes strains.

W Tham 1, J Aldén 1, H Ericsson 1, S Helmersson 1, B Malmodin 1, O Nyberg 1, A Pettersson 1, H Unnerstad 1, M L Danielsson-Tham 1
PMCID: PMC2869788  PMID: 11895084

Abstract

Normally, only one isolate of Listeria monocytogenes from a case of listeriosis is subjected to characterization. Here we show that two isolates from different sites of the body were not the same strain. Such a phenomenon may not have any clinical relevance, although it may confuse the epidemiologist trying to match infection source with infection target.

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