Table 1.

Comorbidities and factors associated with listeriosis cases (n = 64)

Comorbidity	N	%
Immunosuppressive therapy	34	53.1
Cancer	22	34.4
Severe cardiovascular disease	19	29.7
Renal disease	17	26.6
Transplantationa	12	18.8
Hepatic disease	11	17.2
No recognized comorbidities	10	15.6
Diabetes mellitus	8	12.5
HIV	6	9.4
Auto-immune disease	5	7.8
Alcoholism	3	4.7
Pregnancy	1	1.6

^a Kidney (6), heart (5), Liver (1)