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In the present study, 144 <jats:italic>L. monocytogenes<\/jats:italic> isolates were collected from the samples of blood, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and fetal membrane\/placenta in China for 12 years from 2008 to 2019. We summarized these listeriosis patients\u2019 demographical and clinical features and outcomes. The susceptibility profile for 12 antibiotics was also determined by the broth microdilution method. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and serogroups of these listeria isolates were analyzed to designate epidemiological types. We enrolled 144 cases from 29 healthcare centers, including 96 maternal-neonatal infections, 33 cases of bacteremia, 13 cases of neurolisteriosis, and two cutaneous listeriosis. There were 31 (59.6%) fetal loss in 52 pregnant women and four (9.8%) neonatal death in 41 newborns. Among the 48 nonmaternal-neonatal cases, 12.5% (6\/48) died, 41.7% (20\/48) were female, and 64.6% (31\/48) occurred in those with significant comorbidities. By MLST, the strains were distinguished into 23 individual sequence types (STs). The most prevalent ST was ST87 (49 isolates, 34.0%), followed by ST1 (18, 12.5%), ST8 (10, 6.9%), ST619 (9, 6.3%), ST7 (7, 4.9%) and ST3 (7, 4.9%). Furthermore, all <jats:italic>L. monocytogenes<\/jats:italic> isolates were uniformly susceptible to penicillin, ampicillin, and meropenem. In summary, our study highlights a high genotypic diversity of <jats:italic>L. monocytogenes<\/jats:italic> strains causing clinical listeriosis in China. 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