Listeriosis found in three Sydney patients

Three Sydney public hospital patients have been diagnosed with the bacterial infection listeriosis. Source: AAP

THREE Sydney public hospital patients have been diagnosed with the serious bacterial infection listeriosis.

Two of the patients, one at Concord Hospital and another at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, remain in hospital and are responding well to treatment, NSW Health says.

The third was being treated for a terminal illness at Campbelltown Hospital and has tested positive for listeriosis after his death.

NSW Director of Health Protection Jeremy McAnulty says an investigation by epidemiologists and the NSW Food Authority has confirmed all three patients tested positive to the same strain of the infection.

All had been in hospital for treatment of pre-existing serious conditions.

No further cases of listeria have been identified at this stage.

Listeriosis is an infection that can occur when a person eats food that has been contaminated with bacteria called Listeria monocytogenes.

The illness can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth and infection in newborns.

Symptoms appear flu-like such as muscle ache, fever, nausea and diarrhoea.

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