Table 1.
Characteristics of the patients and of the cheese samples where Listeria monocytogenes was detected.
| Sample name | Geographic origin | Sampling date | Source | Age | Gender | Risk factor | Diagnosis and symptoms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient_1 | Pavia | 2015/04/28 | blood and CSF | 71 | M | no one | Meningitis and sepsis | cured |
| Patient_2 | Pavia | 2015/04/29 | blood | 47 | M | HIV and HCV infection, hepatic impairment | HIV, HCV and HBV co-infection, jaudice, sepsis | cured |
| Patient_3 | Pavia | 2015/05/14 | CSF | 1.5 | M | < 2 year aged | Diarrhea, fever and confusion | hydrocephalus |
| Patient_4 | Varzi | 2015/05/21 | blood | 78 | M | no one | Sepsis | cured |
| Patient_5 | Broni-Stradella | 2015/07/11 | blood | 61 | F | cancer | Sepsis | death |
| Patient_6 | Voghera | 2015/07/28 | blood | 70 | M | Parkinson disease | Diarrhea, Meningitis | cured |
| Cheese_1 | Target farm | 2015/05/26 | Cheese (inner) | na | na | na | na | na |
| Cheese_2 | Target farm | 2015/05/26 | Cheese (rind) | na | na | na | na | na |
| Cheese_3 | Target farm | 2015/07/17 | Cheese (rind) | na | na | na | na | na |