Laboratory Testing for Listeria

What to know

  • ob体育 offers confirmatory identification and subtyping of Listeria species recovered from normally sterile sites.
  • ob体育 accepts specimens for analysis only from state public health laboratories and other federal agencies. Private healthcare providers and institutions must submit specimens to their state public health laboratory for processing.
Illustration of Listeria.

Laboratory Guidelines

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Content Source:
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID); Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases