Bacterial pathogenesis

Bacterial pathogenesis: a molecular approach

by Wilson, Brenda A.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Bacterial pathogenesis : a molecular approach / Brenda A. Wilson ... [et al.]

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:op. 2011
  • Edition:3rd ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):ASM Press
  • Place of Publication:Washington, DC
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:op. 2011

The Physical Object

  • Description:XIV, 526 p. : il

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781555814182, 1555814182
  • oclc:ocn758124922
  • Dewey Decimal:616.014

Table of Contents

The power of bacteria -- Skin and mucosa : the first lines of defense against bacterial infections -- The innate immune system : always on guard -- The second line of defense : antibodies and cytotoxic T cells -- The normal human microbiota -- Microbes and disease : establishing a connection -- Mechanisms of genetic modification and exchange : role in pathogen evolution -- Identification of virulence factors : measuring infectivity and virulence -- Identification of virulence factors : molecular approaches for bacterial factors -- Identification of virulence factors : molecular approaches for host factors -- Bacterial strategies for evading or surviving host defense systems -- Toxins and other toxic virulence factors -- Delivery of virulence factors -- Virulence regulation -- Antibiotics and their targets -- How bacteria become resistant to antibiotics -- Vaccination : an underappreciated component of the modern medical armamentarium -- Gram-positive opportunistic pathogens -- Gram-negative opportunistic pathogens and emerging pathogens -- Biosecurity : the changing roles of microbiologists in an age of bioterrorism and -- Emerging diseases

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