neurolisteriosis

neurolisteriosis

English

Etymology

neuro- +‎ listeriosis

Noun

neurolisteriosis (uncountable)

1. listeriosis of the nervous system
   • 2015 July 3, Claudia Guldimann et al., “Increased spread and replication efficiency of Listeria monocytogenes in organotypic brain-slices is related to multilocus variable number of tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) complex”, in BMC Microbiology‎, volume 15, DOI:10.1186/s12866-015-0454-0:

     The horizontal line represents the median, + is the mean Given the ubiquitous presence of L. monocytogenes in the environment, discrimination of neurovirulent subtypes would be highly desirable for surveillance purposes and effective disease control, especially with regard to the high mortality rate [ 35, 45 ] and the high frequency of persistent neurologic deficits associated with neurolisteriosis [ 10, 41 ].