Bacterial pathogenesis : a molecular approach / Abigail A. Salyers and Dixie D. Whitt.

Author/creator Salyers, Abigail A.
Other author Whitt, Dixie D.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : ASM Press, ©2002.
Descriptionxx, 539 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Subjects

Contents The uneasy truce : never underestimate the power of bacteria -- Approaching and studying bacterial diseases -- Molecular approaches to the diagnosis and characterization of bacterial infections -- The first line of defense against infection : prevention and the phagocytic cell response -- The first line of defense, continued : complement, chemokines, and cytokines -- The second line of defense : antibodies and cytotoxic T cells -- Vaccination--an underappreciated component of the modern medical armamentarium -- Bacterial strategies for evading or surviving the defense systems of the human body --Bacterial exotoxins : important but still a mystery -- Antimicrobial compounds -- How bacteria become resistant to antibiotics -- The Spirochetes : Borrelia burgdorferi and Treponema pallidum -- Yersinia pestis, the cause of the plague, and its relatives -- Staphylococcus species -- Group A and group B streptococci and enterococci -- Pseudomonas aeruginosa and related species, a lesson in versatility -- Bordetella pertussis -- Streptococcus pneumoniae -- Tuberculosis -- Legionella pneumophila and Legionnaires' disease -- Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae -- Bacillus anthracis, the cause of anthrax -- Helicobacter pylori, a resourceful gastric pathogen -- Clostridium difficile and Pseudomembranous colitis -- Vibrio cholerae, the cause of cholera -- Salmonella species -- Listeria monocytogenes, a doubly motile pathogen -- Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains -- Escherichia coli extraintestinal infections -- Neisseria species -- Chlamydia trachomatis.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2001045809
ISBN155581171X (softcover) :

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Laupus Books - Stacks QZ 65 S186B 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold