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[Listeriosis in Tunis: seven cases reports].
International audienceListeria monocytogenesis a Gram positive facultative intracellular bacterium that can be responsible for severe infections, affecting essentially pregnant women, immunocompromised patients at the early and later stages of life. In Tunisia, invasive L. monocytogenes infections are thought to be exceptional and limited data are available about listeriosis. We reported seven cases (five newborn children and two infants) of human listeriosis that occurred in Tunis from 2000 to 2008. The newborn children were hospitalized for suspicion of maternofoetal infections. The two infants were hospitalized for fever associated with digestive signs in one case and neurological signs in the other. L. monocytogenes-was isolated from culture of cerebrospinal fluid in four cases, peripheral samples in two cases and from blood culture in one case. Isolates identification was based on conventional methods. Antimicrobial susceptibility was realized according to the recommendation of the "Comité de l'antibiogramme de la Société française de microbiologie". All L. monocytogenes isolates were sensitive to amoxicillin and aminoside but resistant to 3rd generation cephalosporins. Investigations of the immune system were realized for the two infants including phenotypic analysis of peripheral blood cells by flow cytometry, lymphocyte proliferation assays, phagocytic cell functions and measurement of immunoglobulins as well as complement. All these explorations were normal for both infants. The outcome was fatal in only one case (a newborn child), and all the other patients recovered after adapted antibiotic treatment. In conclusion, our study shows that listeriosis is not exceptional in Tunis. Thus, it is necessary to know how to evoke this diagnosis, at any age, in order to establish an early and adapted antibiotic treatment and to avoid fatal outcome
PrĂ©valence et identification dâisolats humains et alimentaires de Listeria spp. par puce Ă ADN en Tunisie
International audienceButs de lâĂ©tudeLâobjectif de ce travail est dâĂ©valuer la prĂ©valence de Listeria spp. dans diffĂ©rentes matrices alimentaires et de caractĂ©riser des isolats alimentaires et humains.MatĂ©riel et mĂ©thodesEntre 2005 et 2007, 100 Ă©chantillons alimentaires prĂ©levĂ©s dans les marchĂ©s de Tunis ont Ă©tĂ© analysĂ©s ; cinq souches humaines de Listeria monocytogenes ont Ă©tĂ© Ă©tudiĂ©es. La caractĂ©risation des isolats de L. monocytogenes a Ă©tĂ© rĂ©alisĂ©e par multiplex PCR sĂ©rogroupage et par Ă©lectrophorĂšse sur gel en champ pulsĂ© (PFGE) appliquant lâenzyme Ascl et Apal. Nous avons dĂ©veloppĂ© une puce Ă ADN afin de diffĂ©rencier les espĂšces au sein du genre Listeria.RĂ©sultatsLa prĂ©valence de Listeria spp. dans les Ă©chantillons alimentaires a Ă©tĂ© estimĂ©e Ă 14 %. Deux isolats ont Ă©tĂ© identifiĂ©s L. monocytogenes et 12 L. innocua. La mĂ©thode de puce Ă ADN par sa prĂ©cision a permis de distinguer entre les diffĂ©rentes espĂšces de Listeria spp. Les rĂ©sultats Ă©taient conformes Ă lâidentification biochimique. Les isolats alimentaires de L. monocytogenes ont Ă©tĂ© assignĂ©s au sĂ©rogroupe IIa (sĂ©rovar 1/2a). Cependant, les isolats humains ont Ă©tĂ© assignĂ©s au sĂ©rogroupe IVb (sĂ©rovars 4b). Ces isolats ont prĂ©sentĂ© une similaritĂ© importante par PFGE. Les isolats alimentaires de L. monocytogenes ont Ă©tĂ© classĂ©s en deux pulsotypes diffĂ©rents. Ces pulsotypes Ă©taient diffĂ©rents de celui des souches humaines.ConclusionNos rĂ©sultats confirment la prĂ©sence de Listeria spp. dans diffĂ©rentes matrices alimentaires collectĂ©es Ă Tunis. Des efforts supplĂ©mentaires devraient ĂȘtre dĂ©ployĂ©s afin de prendre en considĂ©ration le risque de toxi-infections alimentaires liĂ©es Ă L. monocytogenes et dâidentifier les sources potentielles dâinfection