Gram-Positive Pathogens
2nd Edition
Published on 1. March 2006
Book
Hardback
849 pages
978-1-55581-343-7 (ISBN)
Description
Provides comprehensive coverage of all gram-positive pathogens, including genome data. Dissects organisms biologically, genetically, and immunologically to provide a clear understanding of the strategies gram-positive bacteria use to cause human disease. Appeals to clinicians, infectious disease specialists, and instructors and students seeking a single reference source on gram-positive bacteria.
This title is published by the American Society for Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.
This title is published by the American Society for Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.
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Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Weight
2268 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55581-343-7 (9781555813437)
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Content
Table of Contents
I. The Gram-Positive Cell Wall
Section Editor: Vincent A. Fischetti
1. Ultrastructure of Gram-Positive Cell Walls, Terry J. Beveridge and Valério R. F. Matias
2. Surface Proteins on Gram-Positive Bacteria, Vincent A. Fischetti
II. The Streptococcus
Section Editors: Vincent A. Fischetti and Joseph J. Ferretti
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
Group B Streptococci
13. Pathogenic Mechanisms and Virulence Factors of Group B Streptococci, Victor Nizet and Craig B. 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
Groups C and G Streptococci
16. Genetics and Pathogenicity Factors of Groups C and G Streptococci, Horst Malke
17. Pathogenicity Factors in Groups 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
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 Hollingshead
24. Pneumococcal Vaccines, D. E. Briles, J. C. Paton, E. Swiatlo, and M. J. Crain
Enterococci
25. Pathogenicity of Enterococci, Lynn E. Hancock and Michael S. Gilmore
26. Enterococcal Genetics, Keith E. Weaver
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
Lactococci
30. Genetics of Lactococci, Philippe Gaudu, Yuji Yamamoto, Peter Ruhdal Jensen, Karin Hammer, and Alexandra Gruss
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 Brückner 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. Maraffini, 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 Andrej 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 François Vandenesch
48. Antibiotic Resistance in the Staphylococci, Steven J. Projan and Alexey Ruzin
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 Müller-Altrock, and Jürgen Kreft
53. The Cell Biology of Invasion and Intracellular Growth by Listeria monocytogenes, Javier Pizarro-Cerdá and Pascale Cossart
V. Spore-Forming Pathogens and Gram-Positive 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
VI. Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms
Section Editor: Richard P. Novick
62. Mechanisms of Resistance to ß-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
I. The Gram-Positive Cell Wall
Section Editor: Vincent A. Fischetti
1. Ultrastructure of Gram-Positive Cell Walls, Terry J. Beveridge and Valério R. F. Matias
2. Surface Proteins on Gram-Positive Bacteria, Vincent A. Fischetti
II. The Streptococcus
Section Editors: Vincent A. Fischetti and Joseph J. Ferretti
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
Group B Streptococci
13. Pathogenic Mechanisms and Virulence Factors of Group B Streptococci, Victor Nizet and Craig B. 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
Groups C and G Streptococci
16. Genetics and Pathogenicity Factors of Groups C and G Streptococci, Horst Malke
17. Pathogenicity Factors in Groups 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
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 Hollingshead
24. Pneumococcal Vaccines, D. E. Briles, J. C. Paton, E. Swiatlo, and M. J. Crain
Enterococci
25. Pathogenicity of Enterococci, Lynn E. Hancock and Michael S. Gilmore
26. Enterococcal Genetics, Keith E. Weaver
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
Lactococci
30. Genetics of Lactococci, Philippe Gaudu, Yuji Yamamoto, Peter Ruhdal Jensen, Karin Hammer, and Alexandra Gruss
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 Brückner 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. Maraffini, 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 Andrej 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 François Vandenesch
48. Antibiotic Resistance in the Staphylococci, Steven J. Projan and Alexey Ruzin
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 Müller-Altrock, and Jürgen Kreft
53. The Cell Biology of Invasion and Intracellular Growth by Listeria monocytogenes, Javier Pizarro-Cerdá and Pascale Cossart
V. Spore-Forming Pathogens and Gram-Positive 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
VI. Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms
Section Editor: Richard P. Novick
62. Mechanisms of Resistance to ß-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