Draft genome sequences of Listeria monocytogenes strains of sequence type 1733 which constituted a pseudo-outbreak due to contaminated blood agar media

Sangmi Lee; Asmaa Sadat; Zuzana Kucerova; Sophia Kathariou

doi:10.1128/mra.00732-23

Draft genome sequences of Listeria monocytogenes strains of sequence type 1733 which constituted a pseudo-outbreak due to contaminated blood agar media

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Jan 17;13(1):e0073223. doi: 10.1128/mra.00732-23. Epub 2023 Dec 15.

Authors

Sangmi Lee¹, Asmaa Sadat², Zuzana Kucerova³, Sophia Kathariou⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Food and Nutrition, Chungbuk National University , Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea.
² Department of Bacteriology, Mycology, and Immunology, Mansoura University , Mansoura, Dakahlia, Egypt.
³ Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁴ Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University , Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Abstract

We report genome sequences of Listeria monocytogenes sequence type (ST) 1733 from a 2013 pseudo-outbreak, where L. monocytogenes isolation from non-sterile sites (urine, wound, or abscess) was an artifact from contaminated sheep blood in the isolation media. Two ST1733 strains from wound and urine in 2005 are also reported.

Keywords: Listeria monocytogenes; ST1733; lineage III; pseudo-outbreak.

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