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You also want to look to foods that offer probiotics, beneficial bacteria that can help your health, Gorin said. Probiotics are living microorganisms and may help everything from your gut health to your immune system, she noted. With sales booming, most people would think there must be a lot of scientific evidence behind the benefits of probiotics. However, this is not exactly the case – here is everything you need to know about probiotics.
Prebiotics, which basically serve as food for probiotics, are also important for gut health, Fitzgerald said. A fair amount of foods contain both microorganisms. But those who consider adding them to their diet as supplements should talk to their doctor to ensure these supplements would not interact with any medications and that the strain considered is the right one in case of a specific medical condition, she noted.
L. monocytogenes ST6 is increasingly associated with outbreaks, including an outbreak linked to frozen vegetables in 5 countries in Europe during 2015–2018 (
5), an outbreak associated with contaminated meat pâté in Switzerland during 2016 (
6), and the largest listeriosis outbreak globally, which occurred in South Africa during 2017–2018 (
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8). More recently, the largest outbreak of listeriosis in Europe in the past 25 years was reported in Germany and was traced back to blood sausages contaminated with
L. monocytogenes ST6 belonging to a particular clone referred to as Epsilon1a (
Human listeriosis is a reportable disease in Switzerland. All cases of culture- or PCR-confirmed human listeriosis are reported to the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (SFOPH). Diagnostic laboratories and regional (cantonal) laboratories forward isolates to the Swiss National Reference Centre for Enteropathogenic Bacteria and