What Is Listeria? Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium (germ) that can cause an infection called listeriosis (casually referred to just as “listeria”).In most cases, listeria infection happens after someone eats a food that has the bacteria on it. Each year, about 1,600 people in the U.S. get sick from listeria and about 260 of them die from their infections.
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