Table 1.
Summarized data on 18 Listeria monocytogenes serovar 1/2b isolates tested with whole genome sequencing, with all but isolate AT04 (control strain) yielding pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism patterns that were indistinguishable from each other
| Isolate ID | Source | Details for patients (age in years, sex) and for the implicated food | Country/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT01 | Human (case 1) | 75, female (fatal outcome) | Austria, 2011 |
| AT02 | Human (case 4) | 81, female | Austria, 2012 |
| AT03 | Human (case 5) | 77, female | Austria, 2012 |
| AT04 | Human (control strain) | Newborn (epidemiologically unrelated case) | Austria, 2013 |
| AT05 | Food | Fresh cheese (sheep) from producer A | Austria, 2013 |
| AT06 | Food | Fresh cheese (sheep) from producer A | Austria, 2013 |
| AT07 | Food | Fresh cheese (sheep) from producer A | Austria, 2013 |
| AT08 | Food | Fresh cheese (goat) from producer A | Austria, 2013 |
| AT09 | Food | Sliced ham (pork) from producer B | Austria, 2013 |
| AT10 | Food | Pate (pork) from producer B | Austria, 2013 |
| AT11 | Food | Frankfurter sausage (turkey) from producer C | Romania, 2012 |
| AT12 | Food | Poultry meat (chicken) from producer C | Germany, 2010 |
| AT13 | Food | ‘Fleischsalat’ (salad with strips of bologna-type sausage) from producer D | Germany, 2010 |
| AT14 | Human (case 2) | 72, female (fatal outcome) | Germany, 2011 |
| AT15 | Human (case 3) | 81, female | Germany, 2011 |
| AT16 | Human (case 6) | 83, female | Austria, 2013 |
| AT17 | Food | Fresh cheese (sheep) from producer A | Austria, 2013 |
| AT18 | Human (case 7) | 71, female | Austria, 2013 |