Schaechter's mechanisms of microbial disease. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Mechanisms of microbial disease
• Further Information: Note: N. Cary Engleberg, Victor J. DiRita, Terence S. Dermody.
• Other Names: Schaechter, Moselio; Engleberg, N. Cary; DiRita, Victor J; Dermody, Terence
• Contents: Establishment of infectious diseases -- The normal microbiota -- Biology of infectious agents -- Genetic approaches to studying bacterial pathogenesis -- Biological basis for antibacterial action -- Innate immunity -- Adaptive immunity -- The parasite's way of life -- Damage by microbial toxins -- Introduction to the pathogenic bacteria -- Staphylococci: abscesses and toxin-mediated diseases -- Streptococci and enterococci: "strep throat" and beyond -- Pneumococcus and bacterial pneumonia -- Neisseriae: gonococcus and meningococcus -- Bacteroids, intra-abdominal infection, and abscesses -- Enteric bacteria: secretory diarrhea -- Invasive and tissue-damaging enteric bacterial pathogens: bloody diarrhea and dysentery -- Psudomonas aeruginosa: a ubiquitous opportunist -- Bordetella and whooping cough -- Clostridia: diarrheal disease, tissue infection, botulism, and tetanus -- Legionella: parasite of amoebae and macrophages -- Helicobacter pylori: pathogenesis of a persistent bacterial infection -- Mycobacteria: tuberculosis and leprosy -- Syphilis: a disease with a history -- Borrelia burgdorferi and lyme disease -- Cat scatch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, and other bartonelloses -- Chlamydiae: genital, ocular, and respiratory pathogens -- Rocky mountain spotted fever and other rickettsioses -- Mycoplasma: curiosity and pathogen -- Strategies to combat bacterial infections -- Biology of viruses -- Picornaviruses and coronaviruses. Arthropodborne viruses -- Paramyxoviruses: measles virus and respiratory syncytial virus -- Rabies -- Influenza and its viruses -- Rotaviruses, noroviruses, and other viral agents of gastroenteritis -- The human retroviruses: AIDS and other diseases -- Adenoviruses -- Human papillomaviruses and warts -- Alphaherpesviruses: herpes simplex virus and Varicella-Zoster virus-- Beta- and gammaherpesviruses: cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus -- Viral hepatitis -- Antiviral treatment strategies -- Vaccines and antisera for the prevention and treatment of infectious disease -- Introduction to the fungi and mycoses -- Endemic mycoses -- Opportunistic fungal infections -- Subcutaneous, cutaneous, and superficial mycoses -- Anitfungal agents -- Introduction to parasitology -- Blood and tissue protozoa -- Intestinal and vaginal protozoa -- Intestinal helminths -- Tissue and blood helminths -- Prion diseases -- Biological agents of warfare and terrorism -- Diagnostic principles -- Principles of epidemiology -- Digestive system infections -- Infections of the central nervous system -- Respiratory system infections -- Urinary tract infections -- Infections of the skin and soft tissue -- Infections of the skin and soft tissue -- Infections of the bone, joints, and muscles -- Sepsis -- Intravascular infection -- Head and neck infections -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Infections of the immunocompromised patient -- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- Congenital and perinatal infections -- Zoonoses -- Fever: a clinical sign of infection -- Health care-associated infections -- Foodborne disease.
• Edition: 5th ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : LWW
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (832 pages)
• Subjects: 616.9/041; Medical microbiology; Communicable diseases -- Pathogenesis; Communicable Diseases -- microbiology; Communicable Diseases -- physiopathology; Bacteria -- pathogenicity; Fungi -- pathogenicity; Viruses -- pathogenicity; Microbiologie médicale; Maladies infectieuses -- Pathogenèse; Communicable diseases -- Pathogenesis; Medical microbiology; Infectieziekten; Medizinische Mikrobiologie; Infektionskrankheit; Pathogenese; Medicinsk mikrobiologi; Patogena mikroorganismer
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781451181500; 1451181507
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.