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Bacterial pathogenesis : a molecular approach
- Title
- Bacterial pathogenesis : a molecular approach / Abigail A. Salyers and Dixie D. Whitt.
- Author
- Salyers, Abigail A.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, ©1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QR201.B34 S24 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Whitt, Dixie D.
- Description
- xxvii, 418 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm
- Subject
- Bacterial diseases > Pathogenesis
- Virulence (Microbiology)
- Host-parasite relationships
- Bacteria > pathogenicity
- Bacterial Infections > etiology
- Bacterial Infections > prevention & control
- Host-Parasite Interactions
- Virulence
- 44.43 medical microbiology
- Host-parasite relationships
- Bacterial diseases > Pathogenesis
- Bacteriële infecties
- Pathogenese
- Virulentie
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction to the host-parasite interaction -- Host defenses against bacterial pathogens: defenses of body surfaces -- Host defenses against bacterial pathogens: defenses of tissue and blood -- Virulence factors that promote colonization -- Virulence factors that damage the host -- Regulation of virulence genes -- Experimental approaches to investigating the host-bacterium interaction -- Vaccines and other approaches to modulating the immune response -- Antibiotics: mechanisms of action and mechanisms of bacterial resistance.
- Paradigms of bacterium-host interactions -- Diphtheria -- Scarlet fever, toxic shock syndrome, and the return of severe, invasive streptococcal disease -- Disease without colonization: food-borne toxinoses caused by Clostridium botulinum, Staphylococcus aureus, and Clostridium perfringens -- Cholera (Vibrio cholerae) -- Whooping cough (Bordetella pertussis) -- Dysentery caused by Shigella species -- Listeria monocytogenes -- Escherichia coli gastrointestinal infections -- Escherichia coli urinary tract infections.
- Yersinia infections -- Salmonella infections -- Neisseria gonorrhoeae -- Pseudomonas aeruginosa -- Future challenges -- Gastric and duodenal ulcers: an infectious disease -- Pseudomembranous colitis -- Lyme disease and syphilis -- Legionnaire's disease -- Tuberculosis -- Streptococcus pneumoniae -- Streptococcal sore throat, rheumatic fever and glomerulonephritis -- Cell surface structure of bacteria -- Phylogenetic diversity of pathogenic bacteria -- Nucleic acid-based detection systems.
- ISBN
- 1555810705
- 9781555810702
- 1555810942
- 9781555810948
- LCCN
- 94001468
- OCLC
- ocm29877022
- 29877022
- SCSB-2023871
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library