Gram-positive pathogens
By: edited by Vincent A. Fischetti ... [et al.].
Contributors: Fischetti, Vincent A.; American Society for Microbiology.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: ASM Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 849
ISBN-13: 9781555813437
Subjects: Gram-positive bacterial infections.; Gram-positive bacteria.; Gram-Positive Bacteria.; Bacterial Vaccines.; Drug Resistance, Microbial.; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections.
Description: This new edition includes current theories on the mechanisms of gram-positive bacterial pathogenicity, examines current knowledge on gram-positive structure, and details mechanisms of antibiotic resistance. Similar to the original publication, streptococci, staphylococci, listeria, and spore-forming pathogens are emphasized, and a section is devoted to antibiotic and heavy metal resistance mechanisms.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ultrastructure of gram-positive cell walls / Terry J. Beveridge and Valério R. F. Matias; title: Surface proteins on gram-positive bacteria / Vincent A. Fischetti; title: Intracellular invasion by Streptococcus pyogenes: invasins, host receptors, and relevance to human disease / Beinan Wang, David Cue, and P. Patrick Cleary; title: Capsular polysaccharide of group A streptococcus / Michael R. Wessels; title: Toxins and superantigens of group A streptococci / John K. Mccormick, Marnie L. Peterson and Patrick M. Schlievert; title: Genetics of group A streptococci / Kyu Hong Cho and Michael Caparon; title: Cross-reactive antigens of group A streptococci / Madeleine W. Cunningham; title: Extracellular matrix interactions with gram-positive pathogens / Gursharan S. Chhatwal and Klaus T. Preissner; title: Streptococcus-mediated host cell signaling / Vijaykumar Pancholi; title: Vaccine approaches to protect against group A streptococcal pharyngitis / Vincent A. Fischetti; title: The bacteriophages of group A streptococci / W. Michael McShan; title: Molecular epidemiology, ecology, and evolution of group A streptococci / Debra E. Bessen and Susan K. Hollingshead; title: Pathogenic mechanisms and virulence factors of group B streptococci / Victor Nizet and Craig E. Rubens; title: Surface structures of group B streptococci important in human immunity / Lawrence C. Madoff, Lawrence C. Paoletti, and Dennis L. Kasper; title: Epidemiology of group B streptococcal infections / Anne Schuchat and Sharon Balter; title: Genetics and pathogenicity factors of groups C and G streptococci / Horst Malke; title: Pathogenicity factors in group C and G streptococci / Gursharan S. Chhatwal, David J. McMillan and Susanne R. Talay; title: Group C and group G streptococcal infections: epidemiologic and clinical aspects / Gio J. Baracco and Alan L. Bisno; title: The cell wall of Streptococcus pneumoniae / Alexander Tomasz and Werner Fischer; title: Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular polysaccharide / James C. Paton and Judy K. Morona; title: Streptococcus pneumoniae: invasion and inflammation / Carlos J. Orihuela and Elaine Tuomanen; title: Phase variation of Streptococcus pneumoniae / Jeffrey N. Weiser; title: Genetics of Streptococcus pneumoniae / Janet Yother and Susan Hollingshead; title: Pneumococcal vaccines / D.E. Briles ... [et al.]; title: Pathogenicity of enterococci / Lynn E. Hancock and Michael S. Gilmore; title: Enterococcal genetics / Keith E. Weaver; title: Pathogenesis of oral streptococci / R.R.B. Russell; title: The virulence properties of Streptococcus mutans / Howard K. Kuramitsu; title: Genetics of sanguinis group streptococci / Howard F. Jenkinson and M. Margaret Vickerman; title: Genetics of lactococci / Philippe Gaudu ... [et al.]; title: Diagnostics, typing, and taxonomy / Wolfgang Witte, Birgit Strommenger, and Guido Werner; title: The Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 8325 genome / Allison F. Gillaspy ... [et al.]; title: Genetics: accessory elements and genetic exchange / Neville Firth and Ronald A. Skurray; title: Carbohydrate catabolism: pathways and regulation / Reinhold Brückner and Ralf Rosenstein; title: Respiration and small-colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus / Richard A. Proctor; title: The staphylococcal cell wall / Alexander Tomasz; title: Staphylococcal capsule / Chia Y. Lee and Jean C. Lee; title: Staphylococcus aureus exotoxins / Gregory A. Bohach and Timothy J. Foster; title: Extracellular enzymes / Staffan Arvidson; title: Staphylococcal sortases and surface proteins / Andrea C. Dedent, Luciano A. Marraffini, and Olaf Schneewind; title: Staphylococcal pathogenesis and pathogenicity factors: genetics and regulation / Richard P. Novick; title: Staphylococcus aureus-eukaryotic cell interactions / Carlos Arrecubieta And Franklin D. Lowy; title: The epidemiology of staphylococcus infections / Fred C. Tenover And Rachel J. Gorwitz; title: Animal models of experimental Staphylococcus aureus infection / L. Vincent Collins and Andrzej Tarkowski; title: Cellular and extracellular defenses against staphylococcal infections / Jerrold Weiss, Arnold S. Bayer, and Michael Yeaman; title: Biology and pathogenicity of Staphylococcus epidermidis / Christine Heilmann and Georg Peters; title: Biology and pathogenicity of staphylococci other than Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis / Anne Tristan ... [et al.]; title: Antibiotic resistance in the staphylococci / Steven J. Projan and Alexey Ruzin; title: Epidemiology and clinical manifestations of Listeria monocytogenes infection / Walter F. Schlech III; title: Listeria monocytogenes infection of mice: an elegant probe to dissect innate and T-cell immune responses / Jodie S. Haring and John T. Harty; title: Genetic tools for use with Listeria monocytogenes / Darren E. Higgins, Carmen Buchrieser, and Nancy E. Freitag; title: Regulation of virulence genes in pathogenic Listeria spp. / Werner Goebel, Stefanie Müller-Altrock, and Jürgen Kreft; title: The cell biology of invasion and intracellular growth by Listeria monocytogenes / Javier Pizarro-Cerdá and Pascale Cossart; title: Bacillus anthracis / Theresa M. Koehler; title: Clostridial genetics / Dena Lyras and Julian I. Rood; title: Neurotoxigenic clostridia / Eric A. Johnson; title: Enterotoxic clostridia: Clostridium perfringens type A and Clostridium difficile / Bruce A. McClane, David M. Lyerly, and Tracy D. Wilkins; title: Histotoxic clostridia / Dennis L. Stevens and Julian I. Rood; title: Corynebacterium diphtheriae: iron-mediated activation of DTXR and regulation of diphtheria toxin expression / John F. Love and John R. Murphy; title: Actinomyces and Arcanobacterium spp.: host-microbe interactions / B. Helen Jost and Stephen J. Billington; title: The pathogenesis of nocardia / Blaine L. Beaman; title: Mechanisms of resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics / Douglas S. Kernodle; title: Resistance to glycopeptides in gram-positive pathogens / Henry S. Fraimow and Patrice Courvalin; title: Tetracycline resistance determinants in gram-positive bacteria / Laura M. McMurry and Stuart B. Levy; title: Mechanisms of quinolone resistance / David C. Hooper.