Listeriosis

Have you ever eaten something that make your stomach and body not feel quite right? Thought you had just a bad case of the flu, but did you ever think it could be something more serious, which may lead to your own death or leave you paralyzed? A bacterium called Listeria Monocytogenes may be what you have ingested either from produce, liquid, or meat products. A gram-positive bacilli, which stains purple when tested in laboratory. The bacterium is normally found in a small chains linked together, or individually. It can also be known as a foodborne and waterborne infection. Listeriosis starts by ingesting food contaminated with the bacterium called Listeria Monocytogenes. This bacterium is commonly found widespread around the world. Listeria monocytogenes is mainly found in soil and water, but also can be found in mammals, plants and food.
Listeria is a germ that can be hard to control, due to ingesting foods that are usually not cooked like meats, cheeses, and vegetables. Also, after someone eats foods that were contaminated with listeria manifestation may take weeks to start showing. It is also able to grow on foods that are refrigerated, because it is a germ. Listeria is also able to camouflage itself causing it to not be noticed in equipment or appliances that are used to prepare food, commonly speaking of grocery stores and processing factories. The taste or color of the food is does not changed when it has been contaminated with listeriosis.
Listeria monocytogenes is resistant to cold, heat, salt, maximum pH, and bile. The ability for the listeriosis bacteria to invade a host cell is by listeria monocytogenes. In this process it is able to clone itself in the cytoplasm of the host cell, then it creates it’s own phagocytosis. By the bacterium moving from cell to cell, it is able to avoid the human immune system, forming an outcome of virulence. Listeria is the third leading cause of death in food poisoning. According to the Merriam Webster Medical