Research Catalog

Title

Chlamydia pneumoniae : infection and disease / edited by Herman Friedman, Yoshimasa Yamamoto, and Mauro Bendinelli.

Publication

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2004], ©2004.

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Additional Authors

• Friedman, Herman, 1931-2007.
• Yamamoto, Yoshimasa.
• Bendinelli, Mauro.

Description

xix, 286 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Infectious agents and pathogenesis

Uniform Title

Infectious agents and pathogenesis.

Subject

• Chlamydophila pneumoniae infections
• Chlamydophila pneumoniae
• Chlamydophila Infections

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Chlamydia pneumoniae : prospects and predictions for an emerging pathogen / Scot P. Ouellette and Gerald I. Byrne -- 2. Morphology of Chlamydia pneumoniae / Naoyuki Miyashita and Akira Matsumoto -- 3. Cell and molecular biology of Chlamydia pneumoniae / Gunna Christiansen, Brian Vandahl and Svend Birkelund -- 4. Antibiotic susceptibility and treatment of Chlamydia pneumoniae infections / Margaret R. Hammerschlag -- 5. Pneumonia caused by Chlamydia pneumoniae / Francesco Blasi, Roberto Cosentini, Paolo Tarsia and Luigi Allegra -- 6. Chlamydia detection in blood / Yoshimasa Yamamoto -- 7. Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and diseases : immunity to Chlamydia pneumoniae / Helja-Marja Surcel -- 8. Vaccines against Chlamydia pneumoniae : can they be made? / Martin E. Rottenberg, Antonio Gigliotti Rothfuchs and Hans Wigzell -- 9. Chlamydia pneumoniae and atherosclerosis - an overview of the association / Joseph Ngeh and Sandeep Gupta -- 10. The biology of Chlamydia pneumoniae in cardiovascular disease pathogenesis / Scot P. Ouellette, Robert J. Belland, Jens Gieffers and Gerald I. Byrne -- 11. Animal models of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and atherosclerosis / Ignatius W. Fong -- 12. Antiinfective trials for the treatment of Chlamydia pneumoniae in coronary artery disease / Joseph B. Muhlestein -- 13. Chlamydia pneumoniae and myocarditis / Hakan G. Gnarpe and Judy A. Gnarpe -- 14. Chlamydia pneumoniae as a candidate pathogen in multiple sclerosis / Charles W. Stratton and Subramaniam Sriram -- 15. Chlamydia pneumoniae in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease / Brian J. Balin, Christine J. Hammond, C. Scott Little, Angela MacIntyre and Denah M. Appelt -- 16. Chlamydia pneumoniae and inflammatory arthritis / Judith A. Whittum-Hudson, H. Ralph Schumacher and Alan P. Hudson -- 17. Role of Chlamydia pneumoniae as an inducer of asthma / David L. Hahn -- 18. Respiratory tract infections caused by C. pneumoniae in pediatric patients / Kazunobu Ouchi.

ISBN

0306484870

LCCN

2004044175

OCLC

• ocm54407473
• SCSB-5125071

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries