Antimicrobial resistance of Listeria monocytogenes serogroups IIa and IVb from food and food-production environments in Poland

Abstract

Listeria monocytogenes is an important foodborne pathogen responsible for human listeriosis, which is a disease with high hospitalisation and mortality rates. The bacteria are usually susceptible to most antibacterial substances, but resistance to some of them has been recently observed. The present study introduces the evidence on the emergence of antibiotic resistance among L. monocytogenes strains isolated from food and food-production environments in Poland.

Keywords

• listeria monocytogenes
• antimicrobial resistance
• meat
• ready-to-eat food
• food-production environments