
Bacterial Infection: Close Encounters at the Host Pathogen Interface
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 14. December 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
IX, 169 pages
978-3-642-80453-3 (ISBN)
Description
When it comes to bacterial disease, we are living in a state of false security. Antibiotics have indeed brought unprecedented health benefits, protection from and cure of bacterial diseases during the past 50 years. But there are ominous signs that the fortress and the defenses built on antibiotics are crumbling. They are crum bling because we wittingly or unwittingly created selective con ditions for the emergence of superior pathogens that can no longer be controlled by antibiotics. There are numerous warnings. After a long period of eclipse tuberculosis has now emerged as a serious threat unchecked by antibiotic treatment. Recent years have seen reports of cholera epidemics, of anthrax infections, of serious problems with Salmonella and even with E. coli, just to name a few. Mankind is in a race with microbial invaders. The challenge is to anticipate and respond to developments that affect the precarious balance between man and microbe. This will re quire new knowledge and it will take time for an effective appli cation of that knowledge.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
11 s/w Abbildungen
IX, 169 p. 11 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-642-80453-3 (9783642804533)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-80451-9
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Peter K. Vogt | Michael J. Mahan
Bacterial Infection: Close Encounters at the Host Pathogen Interface
Book
10/1997
Springer
€128.39
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Content
List of Contents.- In Vivo Gene Expression: Contributions to Infection, Virulence, and Pathogenesis.- Anthrax Pathogenesis and Host Response.- New Insights into the Genetics and Regulation of Expression of Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin.- Identification of Virulence Determinants in Pathogenic Mycobacteria.- Mechanisms of Pathogenesis of Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Superantigens.- Intracellular Multiplication of Legionella pneumophila: Human Pathogen or Accidental Tourist?.- Fe(III) Periplasm-to-Cytosol Transporters of Gram-Negative Pathogens.- Molecular Pathogenesis of Urinary Tract Infections.