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Bacterial pathogenesis :

1555814182 (softcover : alk. paper)

9781555814182 (softcover : alk. paper)

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Bacterial pathogenesis :

[Book]

a molecular approach /

Brenda A. Wilson [and others]

Third edition

Washington, DC :

ASM Press,

[2011]

©2011

xiv, 526 pages :

illustrations ;

28 cm

Revised edition of: Bacterial pathogenesis : a molecular approach / Abigail A. Salyers and Dixie D. Whitt. 2nd ed. c2002

Includes bibliographical references and index

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 -- Antimicrobial compounds -- How bacteria become resistant to antibiotics -- Vaccination : an underappreciated component of the modern medical armamentarium -- The gram-positive opportunistic pathogens -- The 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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Completely revised and updated to capture new research findings, the third edition of this best-selling text is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to bacterial pathogenesis for both students and researchers. The authors integrate material from pathogenic microbiology, molecular biology, immunology, and human physiology to provide a complete but accessible overview of the field

Bacterial diseases-- Etiology

Bacterial diseases-- Pathogenesis

Bacterial diseases-- Prevention

Host-parasite relationships

Molecular microbiology

Virulence (Microbiology)-- Molecular aspects

Salyers, Abigail A.

Wilson, Brenda A

20160712084313.0

[Book]

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