I.S. Tartakovsky, V.V. Maleyev, S.A. Yermolayeva. Listerias: Role in Human Infectious Pathology and Laboratory Diagnostics. Moscow, Medicine for All, 2002, 200 p.

Reviewer: doctor of medical sciences professor L.N. Mazankova. Recommended for Publishing by the Editorial and Publishing Board of I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy. Introductory note by member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences V.I. Pokrovsky.

The monograph based on summarizing vast literature and the authors' own studies, represents the up-to-date role of listerias in the human infectious pathology. The authors analyze the evolution of views of epidemiology, pathogenesis and clinical representation of listeriosis. The new classification of the main clinical forms of listeriosis and the up-to-date treatment schemes are suggested. Analysis of the agent biology and the mechanisms of intracellular parasitism of listerias at the cell and molecular level has been carried out, taking into consideration the new methodical approaches to assessment of pathogenicity factor expression.

The monograph contains the up-to-date approaches to diagnostics of listeriosis and identification of listerias with a focus on Bacterialogical and molecular genetic methods. The monograph is intended for a wide circle of doctors – bacterilologists, epidemiological, infectious disease doctor, pediatricians, and food hygiene specialists.

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