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Listeria monocytogenes: challenges of microbiological control of food in Brazil

Abstract

Listeria monocytogenes is a gram-positive bacterium that can survive in food production environments and food products. This microorganism is associated with listeriosis, a serious infection caused by the consumption of contaminated food. The aim of this study was to conduct an integrative literature review on the regulation of L. monocytogenes in food in Brazil, its occurrence and methodologies used for identification in studies published from 2001 to 2021, and the epidemiological surveillance of cases of infection. The current regulations for L. monocytogenes prohibit ready-to-eat foods of more than 102 per gram or milliliter. Officially, only two cases of outbreaks have been identified in the Epidemiological Surveillance of Foodborne Diseases system; however, the circulation of L. monocytogenes was observed in foods of different origins, with occurrence ranging from 3.1 to 48.7. The most commonly used identification method was ISO 11290. The isolation and identification methods for this pathogen are expensive and laborious, making it difficult to implement these methodologies in many laboratories. This scenario contributes to the underreporting of cases of listeriosis and therefore represents a risk for the population that is exposed to potentially contaminated food.

Keywords:
food safety; sanitary surveillance; foodborne diseases; laboratory methods

1 Introduction

The genus Listeria consists of non-spore-forming gram-positive bacilli and currently has 28 distinct species (Parte et al., 2020Parte, A. C., Carbasse, J. S., Meier-Kolthoff, J. P., Reimer, L. C., & Göker, M. (2020). List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 70(11), 5607-5612. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004332. PMid:32701423.
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). Among these species, Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii have been associated with diseases in humans and animals, the latter being related to infections in ruminants. L. monocytogenes is the most important species in this group because of its clinical relevance (Rocha et al., 2019Rocha, K. R., Perini, H. F., Souza, C. M., Schueler, J., Tosoni, N. F., Furlaneto, M. C., & Furlaneto-Maia, L. (2019). Inhibitory effect of bacteriocins from enterococci on developing and preformed biofilms of Listeria monocytogenes, Listeria ivanovii and Listeria innocua. World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology, 35(7), 96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11274-019-2675-0. PMid:31218558.
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). Listeria monocytogenes is widely distributed in the environment and is found in water, soil, sewage, poultry meat, slaughterhouse waste, and facilities and equipment in food-producing industries. It has the characteristic of growing between 0 °C and 45 °C, has the ability to form biofilm on various surfaces, proliferates in a wide pH range (4.3 to 9.6), and is considered psychotropic, having the ability to multiply at temperatures below 7 °C. As it is psychotropic, the refrigeration used for food preservation does not prevent pathogen multiplication, making ready-to-eat (RTE) foods a common source of contamination (Zunabovic et al., 2011Zunabovic, M., Doming, K. J., & Kneifel, W. (2011). Practical relevance of methodologies for detecting and tracing of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods and manufacture environments – a review. Food Science and Technology, 44, 351-362.; Forsythe, 2013; Silva, 2019Silva, I. C. (2019). Avaliação da produção de biofilmes por cepas de L. monocytogenes isoladas de alimentos e seus perfis de tolerância à sanificantes. (Trabalho de conclusão de curso). Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro.; Dygico et al., 2020Dygico, L. K., Gahan, C. G. M., Grogan, H., & Burgess, C. M. (2020). The ability of Listeria monocytogenes to form biofilm on surfaces relevant to the mushroom production environment. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 317, 108385. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2019.108385. PMid:31783343.
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). Because of their ability to proliferate under adverse conditions, these microorganisms are difficult to remove from the food production environment and colonize a wide variety of foods, such as dairy products, vegetables, poultry, beef products, and RTE foods (Ruiz-Bolivar et al., 2011Ruiz-Bolivar, Z., Neuque-Rico, M. C., Poutou-Piñales, R. A., Carrascal-Camacho, A. K., & Mattar, S. (2011). Antimicrobial susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes food isolates from different cities in Colombia. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 8(8), 913-919. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2010.0813. PMid:21492027.
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). Its presence is considered a risk because this species is related to listeriosis, a clinical syndrome associated with the consumption of contaminated food (Wing & Gregory, 2002Wing, E. J., & Gregory, S. H. (2002). Listeria monocytogenes: clinical and experimental update. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 185(Suppl. 1), S18-S24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/338465. PMid:11865436.
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Listeriosis is a serious infection that affects the elderly, pregnant women, newborns, and immunocompromised adults (Maia et al., 2019bMaia, R. L., Teixeira, P., & Mateus, T. L. (2019b). Risk communication strategies (on listeriosis) for high-risk groups. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 84, 68-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2018.03.006.
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). When ingested, L. monocytogenes can cross the intestinal mucosal barrier into the bloodstream and colonize target organs such as the liver and spleen. In addition, it can cross the blood-brain and fetoplacental barrier, resulting in severe neurological problems and miscarriage in pregnant women (Vasconcelos et al., 2008Vasconcelos, R. M., Almeida, A. E., Hofer, E., Silva, N. M., & Marin, V. A. (2008). Multiplex- PCR serotyping of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from human clinical specimens. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 103(8), 836-838. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762008000800016. PMid:19148426.
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). Schwab & Edelweiss (2003)Schwab, J. P., & Edelweiss, M. I. A. (2003). Identificação imuno-histoquímica de Listeria monocytogenes em placentas fixadas em formol e embebidas em parafina. Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 25(7), 501-505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-72032003000700006.
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identified L. monocytogenes in 33.8% of placentas from premature births or abortions in Brazil, exposing the relationship of this pathogen with alterations during pregnancy. Vasconcelos et al. (2008)Vasconcelos, R. M., Almeida, A. E., Hofer, E., Silva, N. M., & Marin, V. A. (2008). Multiplex- PCR serotyping of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from human clinical specimens. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 103(8), 836-838. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762008000800016. PMid:19148426.
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detected L. monocytogenes in the cerebrospinal fluid of a premature newborn, and the newborn’s mother presented with fever after consuming gorgonzola cheese.

Gastroenteritis, fever, abdominal cramps, nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting are clinical symptoms present as non-invasive manifestations of the disease (Garrido et al., 2010Garrido, V., Vitas, A. I., & García-Jalón, I. (2010). The problem of listeriosis and ready-to-eat products: prevalence and persistence. In A. Méndez-Vilas (Ed.), Current research, technology and education topics in appplied microbiology and microbial biotechnology. Badajoz: Formatex Research Center.; Halbedel et al., 2019Halbedel, S., Prager, R., Banerji, S., Kleta, S., Trost, E., Nishanth, G., Alles, G., Holzel, C., Schlesiger, F., Pietzka, A., Schluter, D., & Flieger, A. (2019). A Listeria monocytogenes ST2 clone lacking chitinase ChiB from an outbreak of non-invasive gastroenteritis. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 8(1), 17-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2018.1558960. PMid:30866756.
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). Although it is considered rare compared to other foodborne diseases, listeriosis, in its most severe form, has a mortality rate of 20%-30% (Li et al., 2020Li, C., Zeng, H., Ding, X., Chen, Y., Liu, X., Zhou, L., Wang, X., Cheng, Y., Hu, S., Cao, Z., Liu, R., & Yin, C. (2020). Perinatal listeriosis patients treated at a maternity hospital in Beijing, China, from 2013–2018. BMC Infectious Diseases, 20(1), 601. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05327-6. PMid:32799811.
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). Besides being considered a serious public health problem for the food industry, the presence of L. monocytogenes can lead to financial loss, since there are costs associated with the collection and control of the pathogen in the food production environment. (Jordan & McAuliffe, 2018Jordan, K., & McAuliffe, O. (2018). Listeria monocytogenes in foods. In D. Rodriguez-Lazaro (Ed.), Biological emerging risks in foods (Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Vol. 86, pp. 181-213). Cambridge: Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.afnr.2018.02.006.
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).

Most outbreaks of listeriosis are associated with RTE foods, which typically contain animal sources, such as meat, eggs, fish, and dairy products. In these cases, the risk is increased by the absence of cooking or other antimicrobial interventions between the end of food production and consumer ingestion. (Jordan & McAuliffe, 2018Jordan, K., & McAuliffe, O. (2018). Listeria monocytogenes in foods. In D. Rodriguez-Lazaro (Ed.), Biological emerging risks in foods (Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Vol. 86, pp. 181-213). Cambridge: Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.afnr.2018.02.006.
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; Gray et al., 2021Gray, J. A., Chandry, P. S., Kaur, M., Kocharunchitt, C., Bowman, J. P., & Fox, E. M. (2021). Characterisation of Listeria monocytogenes food-associated isolates to assess environmental fitness and virulence potential. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 350, 109247. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2021.109247. PMid:34023680.
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). The insertion of L. monocytogenes into the food processing area can be caused by contaminated raw materials or by employees and pests that are colonized by bacteria (Gray et al., 2021Gray, J. A., Chandry, P. S., Kaur, M., Kocharunchitt, C., Bowman, J. P., & Fox, E. M. (2021). Characterisation of Listeria monocytogenes food-associated isolates to assess environmental fitness and virulence potential. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 350, 109247. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2021.109247. PMid:34023680.
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In the United States of America (USA), about 3,000 people die each year from eating contaminated food, with 260 deaths directly associated with listeriosis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – CDC. (2015). Listeria (listeriosis): information for health professionals and laboratories. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/listeria/technical.html
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). In 2018, the largest outbreak of listeriosis in the world was reported in South Africa, where the consumption of contaminated RTE processed meat led to 937 cases and 216 deaths (Thomas et al., 2020Thomas, J., Govender, N., McCarthy, K. M., Erasmus, L. K., Doyle, T. J., Allam, M., Ismail, A., Ramalwa, N., Sekwadi, P., Ntshoe, G., Shonhiwa, A., Essel, V., Tau, N., Smouse, S., Ngomane, H. M., Disenyeng, B., Page, N. A., Govender, N. P., Duse, A. G., Stewart, R., Thomas, T., Mahoney, D., Tourdjman, M., Disson, O., Thouvenot, P., Maury, M. M., Leclercq, A., Lecuit, M., Smith, A. M., & Blumberg, L. H. (2020). Outbreak of listeriosis in South Africa associated with processed meat. The New England Journal of Medicine, 382(7), 632-643. http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1907462. PMid:32053299.
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). In view of the problem of food-borne listeriosis, this study aimed to perform an integrative literature review on the regulation of L. monocytogenes in foods in Brazil, its occurrence, epidemiological surveillance, and the main compendial methodologies used for the identification of this pathogen.

2 Materials and methods

An integrative literature review was conducted through direct searches of the websites of national and international health agencies and official institutions. Direct consultations with experts in the field were carried out to ensure the consistency and reliability of the findings.

As secondary sources (academic and grey literature search), the databases of PubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Web of Science, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS), Capes, and Google Scholar were consulted. Both the gray literature search and academic literature review were conducted using the same search criteria and documents from 2001 to 2021. The search for papers was conducted considering descriptors in both Portuguese and English: “Listeria,” “Listeria monocytogenes,” “foods,” “isolation,” “Brazil,” “methodology,” “method,” and “identification”. Papers were searched and titles and abstracts were evaluated, followed by full reading. Publications that did not respect the delimitation of the theme and the purpose of the study were excluded.

3 Results and discussion

3.1 Regulation concerning Listeria monocytogenes in food in Brazil

In Brazil, until December 2020, Collegiate Board Resolution (RDC) No. 12 of January 2, 2001 established the investigation of L. monocytogenes only in medium- and high-humidity cheeses (Brasil, 2001Brasil, Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária – ANVISA. (2001, January 02). Aprova o regulamento sobre padrões microbiológicos para alimentos e seus Anexos I e II (Resolução-RDC nº 12, de 02 de janeiro de 2001). Diário Oficial da República Federativa do Brasil, seção 1.). RDC No. 12/2001 has been repealed, and the new Brazilian regulation on microbiological standards in food has been published as RDC No. 331/2019 and Normative Instruction (IN) No. 60/2019. These legislations establish that foods characterized as RTE foods must comply with microbiological standards for L. monocytogenes throughout their shelf life, not exceeding 102 mL per g or mL. Foods exempt from this determination are as follows: those with a shelf life of less than 5 days; pH ≤ 4.4; water activity ≤ 0.92; pH ≤ 5.0,; water activity ≤ 0.94; heat-treated; fresh fruits and vegetables; breads; beverages such as water and beer; sugars; honey; chocolate; candies; candy; chewing gum; and live bivalve mollusks. The absence of microorganisms at 25 g or mL is recommended for RTE foods intended for infants or for special purposes (Brasil, 2019aBrasil, Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária – ANVISA. (2019a, December 26). Dispõe sobre os padrões microbiológicos de alimentos e sua aplicação (Resolução-RDC nº 331, de 23 de dezembro de 2019). Diário Oficial da República Federativa do Brasil, seção 1., 2019bBrasil, Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária – ANVISA. (2019b, December 26). Estabelece as listas de padrões microbiológicos para alimentos (Instrução normativa n° 60, de 23 de dezembro de 2019). Diário Oficial da República Federativa do Brasil, seção 1., 2020bBrasil, Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária – ANVISA. (2020b, December 22). Retificação. Diário Oficial da República Federativa do Brasil, seção 1.).

3.2 Occurrence of Listeria monocytogenes in food and epidemiological surveillance of outbreaks and sporadic cases of infection in Brazil

On April 8, 2009, IN No. 9, the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply (MAPA) instituted the control of L. monocytogenes in ready-to-consume animal products. According to the most recent data, the occurrence of this bacterium was 0.96% (10/1035) in samples of meat and dairy products in 2019 (Brasil, 2009Brasil, Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento. (2009, April 9). Instrução normativa nº 9, de 8 de abril de 2009. Diário Oficial da República Federativa do Brasil, seção 1.; Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento, 2020Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento. (2020). Anuário dos Programas de Controle de Alimentos de Origem Animal do DIPOA (Vol. 6). Brasília: Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento.). According to the database of the Notifiable Diseases Information System (Sinan) of the Ministry of Health, between 2000 and 2019, only two cases of food outbreaks associated with Listeria spp. Were reported in Brazil. In 2007, two people became ill after being exposed to contaminated pork, and in 2009, 17 people were affected by an outbreak caused by the ingestion of egg-based products, both reported in Rio Grande do Sul (Ministério da Saúde, 2022Ministério da Saúde. (2022). Doenças de Transmissão Hídrica e Alimentar (DTHA). Retrieved from https://www.gov.br/saude/pt-br/assuntos/saude-de-a-a-z/d/doencas-transmitidas-por-alimentos
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). Despite the low number of cases of foodborne diseases caused by this microorganism, recall and prohibition of the distribution and commercialization of food products contaminated by L. monocytogenes, such as Brazilian sausage (Brasil, 2018aBrasil, Gerência-Geral de Inspeção e Fiscalização Sanitária – GGFIS. (2018a, April 9). Resolução-RE n° 881, de 6 de abril de 2018. Diário Oficial da República Federativa do Brasil, seção 1.), mozzarella (Brasil, 2018bBrasil, Gerência-Geral de Inspeção e Fiscalização Sanitária – GGFIS. (2018b, November 5). Resolução-RE n° 2.989, de 31 de outubro de 2018. Diário Oficial da República Federativa do Brasil, seção 1.), and curd and prato cheese (Brasil, 2017Brasil, Gerência-Geral de Inspeção e Fiscalização Sanitária – GGFIS. (2017, December 28). Resolução-RE n° 3.414, de 26 de dezembro de 2017. Diário Oficial da República Federativa do Brasil, seção 1.) have already been determined by the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa).

After the integrative review, 17 publications reporting the presence of L. monocytogenes in foods samples were identified (Table 1). A total of 2,320 samples collected from 2011-2021 were analyzed, and the occurrence of L. monocytogenes ranged from 1.2 to 48.7%, with a mean and median of 14.1% and 11.7%, respectively. The samples were collected from at least eight different states, with the majority from São Paulo (n = 1,168; 50.3%) and Rio Grande do Sul (n = 515; 22.0%). The main foods categories were meat (n = 1,135; 48.9%) followed by vegetable products (n = 847; 36.5%). MAPA has a program for the control of L. monocytogenes in RTE products of animal origin, with rules to be followed by companies in addition to establishing inspections (Brasil, 2009Brasil, Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento. (2009, April 9). Instrução normativa nº 9, de 8 de abril de 2009. Diário Oficial da República Federativa do Brasil, seção 1.). Furthermore, these food categories are widely studied due to the international food trade. Importing countries, such the United States of America (USA), stipulate the absence of this pathogen in RTE foods. In addition, the presence of L. monocytogenes causes serious financial impacts and even the ban on entry of these products in the countries (Neri et al., 2019Neri, D., Antoci, S., Iannetti, L., Ciorba, A. B., D’Aurelio, R., Matto, I., Leonardo, M. D., Giovannini, A., Prencipe, V. A., Pomilio, F., Santarelli, G. A., & Migliorati, G. (2019). EU and US control measures on Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella spp. in certain ready-to-eat meat products: an equivalence study. Food Control, 96, 98-103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.09.001.
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; Olanya et al., 2019Olanya, O. M., Hoshide, A. K., Ijabadeniyi, O. A., Ukuku, D. O., Mukhopadhyay, S., Niemira, B. A., & Ayeni, O. (2019). Cost estimation of listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes) occurrence in South Africa in 2017 and its food safety implications. Food Control, 102, 231-239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.02.007.
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). Minor et al. (2015)Minor, T., Lasher, A., Klontz, K., Brown, B., Nardinelli, C., & Zorn, D. (2015). The per case and total annual costs of foodborne illness in the United States. Risk Analysis, 35(6), 1125-1139. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/risa.12316. PMid:25557397.
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estimated the annual costs per case and totals of foodborne illness in the USA and L. monocytogenes was the fourth most expensive on average, with an average loss of quality-adjusted life days per illness of 23.29 and an average monetary loss of $1,456,676.

Table 1
Occurrence of Listeria monocytogenes in products commercialized in Brazil in the last 10 years (2011-2021).

The non-inclusion of listeriosis in the national list of compulsory notification of public health problems and events (Portaria n.º 1.061/2020) makes it difficult to identify and investigate the occurrence of outbreaks by health surveillance (Maia et al., 2019aMaia, D. S. V., Haubert, L., Würfel, S. F. R., Kroning, I. S., Cardoso, M. R. I., Lopes, G. V., Fiorentini, Â. M., & Silva, W. P. (2019a). Listeria monocytogenes in sliced cheese and ham from retail markets in southern Brazil. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 366(22), fnz249. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnz249. PMid:31834356.
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; Brasil, 2020aBrasil, Ministério da Saúde. (2020a February 19). Altera a Portaria de consolidação nº 4/GM/MS, de 28 de setembro de 2017, para incluir a doença de Chagas crônica, na Lista Nacional de Notificação Compulsória de doenças, agravos e eventos de saúde pública nos serviços de saúde públicos e privados em todo o território nacional (Portaria n° 264, de 17 de fevereiro de 2020). Diário Oficial da República Federativa do Brasil, seção 1.). The isolation of this pathogen indicates that it circulates throughout the country, which can cause diseases that are not properly identified (Vallim et al., 2015Vallim, D. C., Hofer, C. B., Lisbôa, R. C., Barbosa, A. V., Rusak, L. A., Reis, C. M. F., & Hofer, E. (2015). Twenty years of Listeria in Brazil: occurrence of Listeria species and Listeria monocytogenes serovars in food samples in Brazil between 1990 and 2012. BioMed Research International, 2015, 540204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/540204. PMid:26539507.
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; Silva et al., 2021Silva, D. A. F., Vallim, D. C., Rosas, C. D. O., Mello, V. M., Brandão, M. L. L., & Filippis, I. (2021). Genetic diversity of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 1/2a strains collected in Brazil by multi-virulence-locus sequence typing. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 72(3), 316-324. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/lam.13413. PMid:33063325.
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).

3.3 Identification methods

The methods of isolation and identification of L. monocytogenes in food are generally expensive and laborious, making the implementation of these methodologies difficult, thus contributing to the underreporting of the disease in the country (Vallim et al., 2015Vallim, D. C., Hofer, C. B., Lisbôa, R. C., Barbosa, A. V., Rusak, L. A., Reis, C. M. F., & Hofer, E. (2015). Twenty years of Listeria in Brazil: occurrence of Listeria species and Listeria monocytogenes serovars in food samples in Brazil between 1990 and 2012. BioMed Research International, 2015, 540204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/540204. PMid:26539507.
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). Classical methods comprise bacterial cultivation techniques and therefore require a few days to obtain the results. As seen in Table 1, the ISO 11290-1 and ISO 11290-2 standards, published by the International Organization for Standardization, were the most used for the detection and enumeration of L. monocytogenes in foods, respectively. This expressive value can be justified by the fact that these techniques constitute the current reference methodologies used in Europe, according to Regulation (EC) 2073/2005. Access to the methodology described in the standard is paid, and the current versions 11290-1:2020 and 11290-2:2020 cost R$174.20 and R$166.85, respectively (last access: 11/20/2021) (Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas, 2020aAssociação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas – ABNT. (2020a). ABNT NBR ISO 11290-1:2020. Retrieved from https://www.abntcatalogo.com.br/norma.aspx?Q=M21jUUJDWXVsYnQ3Z1MydVhDRmlDSHU4ZEdaU2RheDVDcTFCMnBFQllwaz0=
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, 2020bAssociação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas – ABNT.(2020b). ABNT NBR ISO 11290-2:2020. Retrieved from https://www.abntcatalogo.com.br/norma.aspx?Q=RWJ4NDJsVGZlejBjQXIrS0dqYndpWjljNnBMWWNhaE1reHpodFZROVdHTT0%3d
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).

Initially, two enrichment steps were necessary, using Half Fraser and Fraser broth. Selective cultivation was carried out on a selective base agar for Listeria according to Ottaviani-Agosti (ALOA). As a secondary selective medium, a medium based on esculin, such as Oxford agar and PALCAM agar, was used. The selected colonies were confirmed by biochemical tests such as Gram staining, catalase production, motility test, hemolysis test, and sugar fermentation (Figure 1). This entire process can take up to six days to confirm a positive or negative result (International Organization for Standardization, 2017International Organization for Standardization – ISO.(2017). ISO 11290-1:2017. Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. – Part 1: detection method (2nd ed.). Geneva: ISO.; Garrido-Maestu et al., 2020Garrido-Maestu, A., Azinheiro, S., Fuciños, P., Carvalho, J., & Prado, M. (2020). Comparative study of multiplex real-time recombinase polymerase amplification and ISO 11290-1 methods for the detection of Listeria monocytogenes in dairy products. Food Microbiology, 92, 103570. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2020.103570. PMid:32950155.
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).

Figure 1
Scheme of isolation and identification of Listeria monocytogenes in foods by methodology described in ISO 11290-1.

The detection method described by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Bacteriological Analytical Manual (BAM), a reference in the USA, has an enrichment step with buffered Listeria enrichment broth (BLEB) incubated for 24 h-48 h, followed by plating selective differential on esculin-based agar, in addition to some chromogenic selective media. Typical colonies were cultured on tryptone soy agar with yeast extract (TSAYE) and confirmed by biochemical tests (Figure 2). The methodology described in the BAM is publicly available on the FDA website (Food and Drug Administration, 2017Food and Drug Administration – FDA. (2017). BAM chapter 10: detection of Listeria monocytogenes in foods and environmental samples, and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes in foods. Retrieved from https://www.fda.gov/food/laboratory-methods-food/bam-chapter-10-detection-listeria-monocytogenes-foods-and-environmental-samples-and-enumeration
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).

Figure 2
Scheme for the isolation and identification of Listeria monocytogenes in foods using the methodology described in the BAM/FDA.

The absence of a fully efficient method to differentiate L. monocytogenes from other species of the genus, associated with the emergence of strains with atypical characteristics, hinders identification by conventional methods, requiring the use of alternative methods such as those based on molecular and immunochemical techniques (Reis, 2020Reis, C. M. F. (2020). Avaliação das metodologias automatizadas VITEK 2® e MALDI-TOF/MS na identificação de cepas atípicas de Listeria spp. isoladas de alimentos em diferentes regiões do Brasil (Dissertação de mestrado). Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro.). An alternative validated method for the identification of L. monocytogenes is VIDAS®, an automated system based on detection by immunoenzymatic reaction from antigens using enzyme linked fluorescent assay (ELFA) technology. After the enrichment step, the methodology used depended on which guide was chosen, and the enriched broth was added to the well of the VIDAS® tube and inserted into the equipment. A major benefit was obtaining a negative result on the day after starting the analysis. Other alternative methods based on chemical reactions include API® Tape Range, Micro-ID, and VITEK 2 (Food and Drug Administration, 2017Food and Drug Administration – FDA. (2017). BAM chapter 10: detection of Listeria monocytogenes in foods and environmental samples, and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes in foods. Retrieved from https://www.fda.gov/food/laboratory-methods-food/bam-chapter-10-detection-listeria-monocytogenes-foods-and-environmental-samples-and-enumeration
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; Gonçalves et al., 2017Gonçalves, M., Furtado, R., Coelho, A., Correia, C. B., & Valente, A. (2017). Presença de Listeria monocytogenes em queijos de pasta mole da região a sul do Tejo. Portuguese Journal of Public Health, 35(1), 37-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000477648.
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; Biomérieux, 2021Biomérieux.(2021). VIDAS® soluções para Listeria monocytogenes. Retrieved from https://www.biomerieux.com.br/recursos/vidasr-solucoes-para-listeria-monocytogenes
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).

Traditional methods require long and laborious steps, which are against the urgency of control during food outbreaks. Thus, techniques based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) can be used to identify pathogens (Andrade et al., 2010Andrade, R. B., Gemelli, T., Onder, L. P. D., Cristina, K., Brito, T., Barboza, A. A. L., & Brito, B. G. (2010). Métodos diagnósticos para os patógenos alimentares: Campylobacter sp., Salmonella sp. e Listeria monocytogenes. Arquivos do Instituto Biológico, 77(4), 741-750. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1808-1657v77p7412010.
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). To carry out PCR-based methodologies, it is necessary to carry out the steps of extraction of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), amplification of the target gene, and separation of the amplified products in agarose gel after the stage of cultivation in selective media for Listeria (Chen et al., 2017Chen, J.-Q., Healey, S., Regan, P., Laksanalamai, P., & Hu, Z. (2017). PCR-based methodologies for detection and characterization of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii in foods and environmental sources. Food Science and Human Wellness, 6(2), 39-59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fshw.2017.03.001.
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). Molecular techniques are considered more sensitive, accurate, and rapid for the detection of L. monocytogenes (Shamloo et al., 2019Shamloo, E., Hosseini, H., Moghadam, Z. A., Larsen, M. H., Haslberger, A., & Alebouyeh, M. (2019). Importance of Listeria monocytogenes in food safety: a review of its prevalence, detection, and antibiotic resistance. Iranian Journal of Veterinary Research, 20(4), 241-254. PMid:32042288.). The inlB gene is considered to be specific for L. monocytogenes and is absent in other species of the genus. InlB is a surface protein that aids in the invasion of pathogens into mammalian cells. Gene amplification has been used to detect these bacteria in foods, even in very low amounts (Khelef et al., 2006Khelef, N., Lecuit, M., Bierne, H., & Cossart, P. (2006). Species specificity of the Listeria monocytogenes InlB protein. Cellular Microbiology, 8(3), 457-470. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-5822.2005.00634.x. PMid:16469057.
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).

Faced with an investigation of an outbreak of foodborne infection, information on the strains involved in the contamination is needed, allowing an investigation of the source of the outbreak and its distribution in the environment. Therefore, molecular typing methods, such as those based on restriction enzymes, sequencing of genetic material, and DNA hybridization, have been used (Gasanov et al., 2005Gasanov, U., Hughes, D., & Hansbro, P. M. (2005). Methods for the isolation and identification of Listeria spp. and Listeria monocytogenes: a review. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 29(5), 851-875. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.femsre.2004.12.002. PMid:16219509.
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; Rosas et al., 2017Rosas, C. O., Brandão, M. L. L., & Lopes, S. M. R. (2017). Ações e estratégias da vigilância epidemiológica. In D. R. P. Azeredo (Ed.), Inocuidade dos alimentos (Ciência, tecnologia, engenharia de alimentos e nutrição, Vol. 1, pp. 51-64). Rio de Janeiro: Atheneu.). Eventually, these techniques are necessary in laboratories that perform analyses for the National Health Surveillance System (SNVS) and have a quality system in place. However, the validation of these techniques in laboratories is more expensive than other traditional techniques (Leite et al., 2009Leite, D. M., Gaspar, A., Chagas, V. R. S., & Costa, S. R. R. (2009). Avaliação da aplicação de sistema de gestão da qualidade em laboratório de pesquisa e análise de alimentos. Sistemas & Gestão, 4, 205-220.).

3.4 Laboratories of the National Health Surveillance System

According to Law No. 9782/99 of January 26, 1999, SNVS comprises a set of actions carried out by institutions of the direct and indirect Public Administration of the Union, States, the Federal District, and Municipalities, which carry out activities of regulation, standardization, control, and inspection in the area of ​​sanitary surveillance (Brasil, 1999Brasil. (1999, January 26). Define o Sistema Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária, cria a Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária, e dá outras providências (Lei nº 9.782, de 26 de janeiro de 1999). Diário Oficial da República Federativa do Brasil, seção 1.). The SNVS is composed of Anvisa, the National Institute for Quality Control in Health (INCQS), the Central Laboratories (Lacen), and the State Health Departments and municipal health surveillance services (Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Saúde, 2011Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Saúde – CONASS. (2011). Vigilância em saúde. Parte 2 (Para Entender a Gestão do SUS, Vol. 2). Brasília: CONASS.).

The National Network of Health Surveillance Laboratories (RNLVISA) is composed of Lacen in each of the 27 states of the federation and the Federal District, the INCQS, and five municipal laboratories, and is responsible for the analysis of products, such as water, food, medicines, and pharmaceutical inputs (Lopes, 2017Lopes, R. G. A. (2017). Integração dos laboratórios no Sistema Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária: articulação, financiamento federal e trabalho em conjunto (Tese de doutorado). Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro.).

According to the analytical profile of RNLVISA, in 2019, 11 laboratories distributed in five regions of Brazil carried out research on L. monocytogenes in food, with the test characterized as microbiological or research for toxins (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária, 2018Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária – ANVISA. (2018). Perfil analítico da Rede Nacional de Laboratórios de Vigilância Sanitária – RNLVISA. Retrieved from https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiMTVkNjg0NWEtMzJiYy00N2U0LWEzZjMtN2I3YmVkNWNmYmIyIiwidCI6ImI2N2FmMjNmLWMzZjMtNGQzNS04MGM3LWI3MDg1ZjVlZGQ4MSJ9
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). These data contrast with the initiative to use techniques based on molecular biology in the detection of L. monocytogenes, which are useful during investigations in the food industry that require fast and sensitive methodologies to monitor the pathogen's incidence in production (Andrade et al., 2010Andrade, R. B., Gemelli, T., Onder, L. P. D., Cristina, K., Brito, T., Barboza, A. A. L., & Brito, B. G. (2010). Métodos diagnósticos para os patógenos alimentares: Campylobacter sp., Salmonella sp. e Listeria monocytogenes. Arquivos do Instituto Biológico, 77(4), 741-750. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1808-1657v77p7412010.
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).

Currently, 103 laboratories are in the catalog of the Brazilian Network of Testing Laboratories, and are classified as accredited for Listeria spp. research. including private, public, and university laboratories (Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Qualidade e Tecnologia, 2019Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Qualidade e Tecnologia – INMETRO. (2019). Listagem de laboratórios. Retrieved from http://www.inmetro.gov.br/laboratorios/rble/lista_laboratorios.asp?sigLab=&codLab=&tituloLab=&uf=&pais=&classe_ensaio=&area_atividade=&descr_escopo=listeria&Submit2=Buscar
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).

ISO/IEC 17025:2017 (International Organization for Standardization, 2017cInternational Organization for Standardization – ISO, International Electrotechnical Commission – IEC. (2017c). ISO/IEC 17025: general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories (3rd ed.). Vernier: ISO/IEC.) describes the general requirements for competence, impartiality, and operation of testing laboratories. Accredited laboratories periodically participate in proficiency tests (EPs), which are used as an external quality tool, allowing the assessment of whether the results obtained in the tests are reliable. The quality of RNLVISA tests is important to ensure that the analyzed products are correctly evaluated and do not cause harm to the consumer (Rocha, 2019Rocha, D. R. A. (2019). Performance analítica dos laboratórios de microbiologia de alimentos no Brasil (Trabalho de conclusão de curso). Instituto Nacional de Controle de Qualidade em Saúde, Rio de Janeiro.).

One study evaluated the results obtained during eight years of EP rounds in the field of ​​food microbiology. During this period, an assay was carried out for L. monocytogenes in the cheese matrix with 11 participating laboratories, only one of which was accredited, in contrast to the rounds for researching other bacteria, such as Salmonella spp., which had a total participation of 160 laboratories, 18 of which were accredited (Rocha, 2019Rocha, D. R. A. (2019). Performance analítica dos laboratórios de microbiologia de alimentos no Brasil (Trabalho de conclusão de curso). Instituto Nacional de Controle de Qualidade em Saúde, Rio de Janeiro.). The low number of laboratories able to correctly identify this pathogen contributes to underreporting of the disease in the country, representing a risk mainly for the groups most susceptible to serious infections.

4 Conclusions

The presence of L. monocytogenes in food poses a danger to consumers, especially individuals in the risk group. Despite the rare outbreaks described in Brazil, studies have demonstrated the circulation of this pathogen in several food products. In Brazil, the number of laboratories belonging to the RNVISA trained to carry out the correct identification and epidemiological research of L. monocytogenes is still scarce, hindering the efficient control of this bacterium. Thus, there is a need to encourage the implementation of new techniques for the diagnosis and identification of L. monocytogenes, especially for laboratories belonging to the SNVS, to assist in research and scale the real frequency of this pathogen in cases and outbreaks of listeriosis. In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the communication between the public health network and food surveillance, helping to monitor cases and strengthen epidemiological investigations.

  • Practical Application: This review provides the epidemiology and laboratory methods for the detection of L. monocytogenes.

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    21 Mar 2022
  • Date of issue
    2022

History

  • Received
    01 Jan 2022
  • Accepted
    08 Feb 2022
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