South Africa Listeria Outbreak Tops 1011 with 193 Dead

NICD reports today: As of 09 April 2018, a total of 1011 laboratory-confirmed listeriosis cases have been reported to NICD since 01 January 2017 (Figure 1). Most cases have been reported from Gauteng Province (59%, 592/1011) followed by Western Cape (12%, 125/1011) and KwaZulu-Natal (7%, 72/1011) provinces. Cases have been diagnosed in both public (64%, 652/1011) and private (36%, 359/1011) healthcare sectors. Listeria monocytogenes was most commonly isolated/detected on blood culture (73%, 733/1011), followed by CSF (21%, 213/1011). Where age was reported (n=985), ages range from birth to 93 years (median 18 years) and41% (418/1011) are neonates aged ≤28 days (Figure 2). Of neonatal cases, 96% (402/418)had early-onset disease (birth to ≤6 days). Females account for 56% (549/979) of caseswhere gender is reported. Final outcome data is available for 68% (691/1011) of cases, of which 28% (193/691) died.

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