Bacterial disease mechanisms
Subtitle: an introduction to cellular microbiology
By: Michael Wilson, Rod McNab, and Brian Henderson.
Contributors: McNab, Rod.; Henderson, Brian, PhD.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 656
Subjects: Bacterial diseases.; Pathogenic bacteria.; Bacteria -- pathogenicity.; Bacteriological Techniques.; Microbiology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to bacterial diseases; title: Bacterial cell biology; title: Molecular analysis of bacterial virulence mechanisms; title: Communication in infection; title: The mucosal surface: the front line of antibacterial defence; title: Immune defences against bacteria; title: Bacterial adhesion as a virulence mechanism; title: Bacterial invasion as a virulence mechanism; title: Bacterial exotoxins; title: Bacterial evasion of host defence mechanisms; title: Bacteria in human health and disease: the future?