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1 2014 Charlier, C., C. Fevre, L. Travier, B. Cazenave, H. Bracq-Dieye, J. Podevin, D. Assomany, L. Guilbert, C. Bossard, F. Carpentier, V. Cales, A. Leclercq, and M. Lecuit. Listeria monocytogenes-associated Biliary Tract Infections: A Study of 12 Consecutive Cases and Review. Medicine (Baltimore) 93:e105. Girard, D., A. Leclercq, E. Laurent, M. Lecuit, H. de Valk, and V. Goulet Pregnancy-related listeriosis in France, 1984 to 2011, with a focus on 606 cases from 1999 to Euro Surveill 19. Leclercq, A., C. Charlier, and M. Lecuit Global burden of listeriosis: the tip of the iceberg. Lancet Infect Dis. In press Tourdjman M, Laurent E, Leclercq A Listériose humaine : une zoonose d origine alimentaire. Revue Francophone des Laboratoires. 464(37). Hmaied, F., S. Helel, V. Le Berre, J. M. Francois, A. Leclercq, M. Lecuit, H. Smaoui, A. Kechrid, A. Boudabous, and I. Barkallah Prevalence, identification by a DNA microarray-based assay of human and food isolates Listeria spp. from Tunisia. Pathol Biol (Paris) 62(1):24-9. Charlier-Woerther, C., and M. Lecuit Listeriosis and pregnancy. Presse Med 43: Leclercq, A., A. Oevermann, R. Danguy-des-Déserts, Sophie Granier, Thomas Hammack, Karen Jinneman, Yi Chen, Robert Rathbone, Garlon Riegler Listeria monocytogenes. Chapitre In OIE Terrestrial Manual. World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), Paris. Lecuit, M., and C. Charlier. Listériose. Chapitre 67. Pilly Edition Charlier, C., Goffinet, F., Azria E., Leclercq, A., Lecuit, M Inadequate management of pregnancy-associated listeriosis: lessons from four case-reports. Clin Infect Dis. 20(3): Charlier, C., and M. Lecuit Fiches e-popi Micrococcus, Listeria, Fusarium, Geotrichum et Malassezia. Chenal-Francisque, V., C. Charlier, S. Mehvish, H. Dieye, A. Leclercq, P. Courvalin, and M. Lecuit Highly Rifampin-Resistant Listeria monocytogenes Isolated from a Patient with Prosthetic Bone Infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 58(3): Le Lamer, S., I. Desforges, and A. Leclercq. Octobre Le Point sur : les Listeria. biomérieux Lettre de veille Normative. biomérieux, Marcy l Etoile. Haase, J. K., X. Didelot, M. Lecuit, H. Korkeala, L. monocytogenes MLST study group (A. Leclercq, K. Grant, M. Wiedmann, Petra Apfalter) and M. Achtman. The ubiquitous nature of Listeria monocytogenes clones: a large-scale Multilocus Sequence Typing study. Environ Microbiol. 16(2): Disson O, Lecuit M In vitro and in vivo models to study human listeriosis: mind the gap. Microbes Infect 15:

2 Cantinelli T, Chenal-Francisque V, Diancourt L, Frezal L, Leclercq A, Wirth T, Lecuit M, Brisse S "Epidemic Clones" of Listeria monocytogenes Are Widespread and Ancient Clonal Groups.J Clin Microbiol. 51(11): Lazarus, C., A. Leclercq, M. Lecuit, V. Vaillant, B. Coignard, H. Blanchard, I. Novakova, and P. Astagneau Probable nosocomial transmission of listeriosis in neonates. J Hosp Infect. 85(2): J. Zuk, S. Bazan-Socha, J. Zarychta, A. Leclercq,Marc Lecuit, A. Le Flèche-Matéos, J. Orlowska- Heitzman, J.Musial Disseminated nocardiosis mimicking exacerbation of pulmonary Sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases. 30: Chenal-Francisque, V., L. Diancourt, T. Cantinelli, V. Passet, C. Tran-Hykes, H. Bracq-Dieye, A. Leclercq, C. Pourcel, M. Lecuit, and S. Brisse Optimized Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis Assay and Its Complementarity with Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Multilocus Sequence Typing for Listeria monocytogenes Clone Identification and Surveillance. J Clin Microbiol 51: Travier, L., S. Guadagnini, E. Gouin, A. Dufour, V. Chenal-Francisque, P. Cossart, J. C. Olivo- Marin, J. M. Ghigo, O. Disson, and M. Lecuit ActA Promotes Listeria monocytogenes Aggregation, Intestinal Colonization and Carriage. PLoS Pathog 9:e Mailles, A., De Broucker, T., Costanzo, P., Martinez-Almoyna L, Vaillant V, Stahl JP, Bebear C, Bernillon P, Brouard C, de Broucker T, Cua E, Dabernat H, Floret D, Lecuit M et al Long-term outcome of patients presenting with acute infectious encephalitis of various causes in France Clin Infect Dis. 54(10): Disson, O., and M. Lecuit Targeting of the central nervous system by Listeria monocytogenes. Virulence 3: Archambaud, C., M. A. Nahori, G. Soubigou, C. Becavin, L. Laval, P. Lechat, T. Smokvina, P. Langella, M. Lecuit, and P. Cossart Impact of lactobacilli on orally acquired listeriosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109: Roche, S. M., O. Grepinet, A. Kerouanton, M. Ragon, A. Leclercq, S. Temoin, B. Schaeffer, G. Skorski, L. Mereghetti, A. Le Monnier, and P. Velge Polyphasic characterization and genetic relatedness of low-virulence and virulent Listeria monocytogenes isolates. BMC Microbiol 12:304. Farfour, E., J. Leto, M. Barritault, C. Barberis, J. Meyer, B. Dauphin, A. S. Le Guern, A. Lefleche, E. Badell, N. Guiso, A. Leclercq, A. Le Monnier, M. Lecuit, V. Rodriguez-Nava, E. Bergeron, J. Raymond, S. Vimont, E. Bille, E. Carbonnelle, H. Guet-Revillet, H. Lecuyer, J. L. Beretti, C. Vay, P. Berche, A. Ferroni, X. Nassif, and O. Join-Lambert. Evaluation of the Andromas MALDI-TOF MS system for identification of aerobically growing Gram-positive Bacilli. J Clin Microbiol. 50:

3 Roussel S., Leclercq A., Santolini J., Agbessi A., Chenal-Francisque V., Lailler R., Lecuit M., Pihier N., and A. Brisabois. Surveillance des Listeria monocytogenes dans les aliments. BEH Hors série. 9 mai p Goulet V., Leclercq A., Laurent E., King L.A., Chenal-Francisque V., Vaillant V., Letort M.J., Lecuit M., and H. de Valk. Surveillance de la listériose humaine en France, BEH Hors série. 9 mai p Respaud R, Grayo S, Singlas E, Dubouch S, Le Monnier A, Lott MC. High-performance liquid chromatography assay for moxifloxacin in brain tissue and plasma: validation in a pharmacokinetic study in a murine model of cerebral listeriosis. J Anal Methods Chem. 2012;2012: Epub 2012 Mar 14. Charlier, C., A. Leclercq, B. Cazenave, N. Desplaces, L. Travier, T. Cantinelli, O. Lortholary, V. Goulet, A. Le Monnier, and M. Lecuit. Listeria monocytogenes-associated Joint and Bone Infections: A Study of 43 Consecutive Cases. Clin Infect Dis 54: Mailles, A., M. Lecuit, V. Goulet, A. Leclercq, and J. P. Stahl Listeria monocytogenes encephalitis in France. Med Mal Infect 41: Chaussade, H., D. Garot, F. Bastides, C. De Gialluly, E. Mercier, G. Gras, A. Leclercq, and D. Perrotin [A Touraine cluster of central nervous system listeriosis]. Med Mal Infect 41: Coste, J. F., V. Duval, Y. Nguyen, T. Guillard, L. Brasme, C. David, C. Strady, M. Lecuit, and C. de Champs Unusual location of a brain abscess due to Listeria monocytogenes. Pathol Biol (Paris). Charlier-Woerther, C., et Lecuit M Infections de la mère et de l enfant. La lettre de l Internat. Chenal-Francisque, V. J. Lopez, T. Cantinelli, V. Caro, C. Tran, A. Leclercq, M. Lecuit, and S. Brisse Worldwide distribution of major clones of Listeria monocytogenes. Emerg Infect Dis 17: Hein, I., S. Klinger, M. Dooms, G. Flekna, B. Stessl, A. Leclercq, C. Hill, F. Allerberger, and M. Wagner Stress survival islet 1 (SSI-1) survey in Listeria monocytogenes reveals an insert common to Listeria innocua in sequence type 121 L. monocytogenes strains. Appl Environ Microbiol 77: Lombard B, and A. Leclercq Validation of innovative food microbiological methods according to the EN ISO standard. Food Analytical Methods. 4(2):

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