Listeriosis Information for Health Care Providers

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Required Disease Reporting
Treatment

Required Disease Reporting

• Reporting Listeriosis
  Healthcare providers and clinical laboratories are required to report cases and suspect cases to the Minnesota Department of Health.
  

Treatment

• Invasive listeriosis is usually treated with antibiotics.
• Refer to treatment recommendations provided in the “Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases; American Academy of Pediatrics”
  

Management of Patients Exposed to a Recalled Product or Outbreak Vehicle

• Suggested Framework for Medical Management of Persons Exposed to L. monocytogenes (PDF)
  
  
• ACOG: Management of Pregnant Women with Presumptive Exposure to Listeria monocytogenes
  Committee Opinion, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.