Jacobs M R, Stein H, Buqwane A, Dubb A, Segal F, Rabinowitz L, Ellis U, Freiman I, Witcomb M, Vallabh V
S Afr Med J. 1978 Sep 2;54(10):389-92.
During the period August 1977 to April 1978, 14 Black patients in Johannesburg area had systemic infections caused by Listeria monocytogenes. Nine of these patients were neonates who presented with septicaemia (5 cases) or septicaemia and meningitis (4 cases) and 5 were adults, all of whom had meningitis. The mortality rate was 43% (6/14), with 4 neonatal and 2 adult deaths. All isolates of L. monocytogenes were type 4b. Only sporadic cases of human listeriosis have previously been reported in South Africa, and the cases reported here constitute the first epidemic in this country.
在1977年8月至1978年4月期间，约翰内斯堡地区有14名黑人患者感染了单核细胞增生李斯特菌导致的全身感染。其中9名患者为新生儿，表现为败血症（5例）或败血症合并脑膜炎（4例），5名是成年人，均患有脑膜炎。死亡率为43%（6/14），4名新生儿和2名成年人死亡。所有单核细胞增生李斯特菌分离株均为4b型。此前南非仅报告过散发性人类李斯特菌病病例，此处报告的病例构成了该国的首例疫情。
