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Title

Gram-positive pathogens / edited by Vincent A. Fischetti [and others].

Publication

Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

• Fischetti, Vincent A.
• American Society for Microbiology.

Description

xiii, 849 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Subject

• Gram-positive bacterial infections
• Gram-positive bacteria
• Gram-Positive Bacteria
• Bacterial Vaccines
• Drug Resistance, Microbial
• Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Section I. The Gram-Positive Cell Wall / Section Editor: Vincent A. Fischetti -- 1. Ultrastructure of Gram-Positive Cell Walls / Terry J. Beveridge and Valerio R. F. Matias -- 2. Surface Proteins on Gram-Positive Bacteria / Vincent A. Fischetti -- Section II. The Streptococcus / Section Editors: Vincent A. Fischetti and Joseph J. Ferretti -- A. Group A Streptococci -- 3. Intracellular Invasion by Streptococcus pyogenes: Invasins, Host Receptors, and Relevance to Human Disease / Beinan Wang, David Cue and P. Patrick Cleary -- 4. Capsular Polysaccharide of Group A Streptococci / Michael R. Wessels -- 5. Toxins and Superantigens of Group A Streptococci / John K. McCormick, Marnie L. Peterson and Patrick M. Schlievert -- 6. Genetics of Group A Streptococci / Kyu Hong Cho and Michael Caparon -- 7. Cross-Reactive Antigens of Group A Streptococci / Madeleine W. Cunningham -- 8. Extracellular Matrix Interactions with Gram-Positive Pathogens / Gursharan S. Chhatwal and Klaus T. Preissner -- 9. Streptococcus-Mediated Host Cell Signaling / Vijay Pancholi -- 10. Vaccine Approaches To Protect against Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis / Vincent A. Fischetti -- 11. The Bacteriophages of Group A Streptococci / W. Michael McShan -- 12. Molecular Epidemiology, Ecology, and Evolution of Group A Streptococci / Debra E. Bessen and Susan K. Hollingshead -- B. Group B Streptococci -- 13. Pathogenic Mechanisms and Virulence Factors of Group B Streptococci / Victor Nizet and Craig E. Rubens -- 14. Surface Structures of Group B Streptococci Important in Human Immunity / Lawrence C. Madoff, Lawrence C. Paoletti and Dennis L. Kasper -- 15. Epidemiology of Group B Streptococcal Infections / Anne Schuchat and Sharon Balter -- C. Group C and G Streptococci -- 16. Genetics and Pathogenicity Factors of Group C and G Streptococci / Horst Malke -- 17. Pathogenicity Factors in Group C and G Streptococci / Gursharan S. Chhatwal, David J. McMillan and Susanne R. Talay -- 18. Group C and Group G Streptococcal Infections: Epidemiologic and Clinical Aspects / Gio J. Baracco and Alan L. Bisno -- D. Streptococcus Pneumoniae -- 19. The Cell Wall of Streptococcus pneumoniae / Alexander Tomasz and Werner Fischer -- 20. Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsular Polysaccharide / James C. Paton and Judy K. Morona -- 21. Streptococcus pneumoniae: Invasion and Inflammation / Carlos J. Orihuela and Elaine Tuomanen -- 22. Phase Variation of Streptococcus pneumoniae / Jeffrey N. Weiser -- 23. Genetics of Streptococcus pneumoniae / Janet Yother and Susan K. Hollingshead -- 24. Pneumococcal Vaccines / D. E. Briles, J. C. Paton, E. Swiatlo and M. J. Crain -- E. Enterococci -- 25. Pathogenicity of Enterococci / Lynn E. Hancock and Michael S. Gilmore -- 26. Enterococcal Genetics / Keith E. Weaver -- F. Oral Streptococci -- 27. Pathogenesis of Oral Streptococci / R. R. B. Russell -- 28. The Virulence Properties of Streptococcus mutans / Howard K. Kuramitsu -- 29. Genetics of sanguinis Group Streptococci / Howard F. Jenkinson and M. Margaret Vickerman -- G. Lactococci -- 30. Genetics of Lactococci / Philippe Gaudu, Yuji Yamamoto, Peter Ruhdal Jensen, Karin Hammer and Alexandra Gruss -- Section III. The Staphylococcus / Section Editor: Richard P. Novick -- 31. Diagnostics, Typing, and Taxonomy / Wolfgang Witte, Birgit Strommenger and Guido Werner -- 32. The Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 8325 Genome / Allison F. Gillaspy, Veronica Worrell, Joshua Orvis, Bruce A. Roe, David W. Dyer and John J. Iandolo -- 33. Genetics: Accessory Elements and Genetic Exchange / Neville Firth and Ronald A. Skurray -- 34. Carbohydrate Catabolism: Pathways and Regulation / Reinhold Bruckner and Ralf Rosenstein -- 35. Respiration and Small-Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus / Richard A. Proctor -- 36. The Staphylococcal Cell Wall / Alexander Tomasz -- 37. Staphylococcal Capsule / Chia Y. Lee and Jean C. Lee -- 38. Staphylococcus aureus Exotoxins / Gregory A. Bohach -- 39. Extracellular Enzymes / Staffan Arvidson -- 40. Staphylococcal Sortases and Surface Proteins / Andrea C. Dedent, Luciano A. Marraffini and Olaf Schneewind -- 41. Staphylococcal Pathogenesis and Pathogenicity Factors: Genetics and Regulation / Richard P. Novick -- 42. Staphylococcus aureus-Eukaryotic Cell Interactions / Carlos Arrecubieta and Franklin D. Lowy -- 43. The Epidemiology of Staphylococcus Infections / Fred C. Tenover and Rachel J. Gorwitz -- 44. Animal Models of Experimental Staphylococcus aureus Infection / L. Vincent Collins and Andrzej Tarkowski -- 45. Cellular and Extracellular Defenses against Staphylococcal Infections / Jerrold Weiss, Arnold S. Bayer and Michael Yeaman -- 46. Biology and Pathogenicity of Staphylococcus epidermidis / Christine Heilmann and Georg Peters -- 47. Biology and Pathogenicity of Staphylococci Other than Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis / Anne Tristan, Gerard Lina, Jerome Etienne and Francois Vandenesch -- 48. Antibiotic Resistance in the Staphylococci / Steven J. Projan and Alexey Ruzin -- Section IV. The Listeriae / Section Editor: Daniel A. Portnoy -- 49. Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of Listeria monocytogenes Infection / Walter F. Schlech III -- 50. Listeria monocytogenes Infection of Mice: an Elegant Probe To Dissect Innate and T-Cell Immune Responses / Jodie S. Haring and John T. Harty -- 51. Genetic Tools for Use with Listeria monocytogenes / Darren E. Higgins, Carmen Buchrieser and Nancy E. Freitag -- 52. Regulation of Virulence Genes in Pathogenic Listeria spp. / Werner Goebel, Stefanie Muller-Altrock and Jurgen Kreft -- 53. Cell Biology of Invasion and Intracellular Growth by Listeria monocytogenes / Javier Pizarro-Cerda and Pascale Cossart -- Section V. Spore-Forming Pathogens and Gram-Positive Members of the Actinomycetales / Section Editor: Julian I. Rood -- 54. Bacillus anthracis / Theresa M. Koehler -- 55. Clostridial Genetics / Dena Lyras and Julian I. Rood -- 56. Neurotoxigenic Clostridia / Eric A. Johnson -- 57. Enterotoxic Clostridia: Clostridium perfringens Type A and Clostridium difficile / Bruce A. McClane, David M. Lyerly and Tracy D. Wilkins -- 58. Histotoxic Clostridia / Dennis L. Stevens and Julian I. Rood -- Actinomycetales -- 59. Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Iron-Mediated Activation of DtxR and Regulation of Diphtheria Toxin Expression / John F. Love and John R. Murphy -- 60. Actinomyces and Arcanobacterium spp.: Host-Microbe Interactions / B. Helen Jost and Stephen J. Billington -- 61. The Pathogenesis of Nocardia / Blaine L. Beaman -- Section VI. Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms / Section Editor: Richard P. Novick -- 62. Mechanisms of Resistance to [beta]-Lactam Antibiotics / Douglas S. Kernodle -- 63. Resistance to Glycopeptides in Gram-Positive Pathogens / Henry S. Fraimow and Patrice Courvalin -- 64. Tetracycline Resistance Determinants in Gram-Positive Bacteria / Laura M. McMurry and Stuart B. Levy -- 65. Mechanisms of Quinolone Resistance / David C. Hooper.

ISBN

1555813437 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005026022
• 9781555813437

OCLC

• ocm61459372
• SCSB-5265618

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries