The pneumococcus
By: volume editor, Elaine I. Tuomanen ; associate editors, Timothy J. Mitchell, Donald Morrison, Brian G. Spratt.
Contributors: Tuomanen, Elaine I.
Publisher: ASM Press; Asm Press; Brand: Asm Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 427
Subjects: Streptococcus pneumoniae
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The bacteria; title: Genome; title: What is a pneumococcus? / Christopher G. Dowson; title: Comparative genomics of s. pneumoniae : intra-strain diversity and genome plasticity / Hervé Tettelin and Susan Hollingshead; title: Surface anatomy; title: Capsule / Janet Yother; title: Choline-binding proteins / David Briles and Larry McDaniel; title: Pneumolysin and other virulence proteins / Tim J. Mitchell; title: Microbial physiology; title: Cell wall hydrolases / Rubens Lopez ... [et al.]; title: Transformation / Sanford A. Lacks; title: Host-microbe interactions; title: Exposure and colonization; title: Evolutionary and population biology of streptococcus pneumoniae / Brian G. Spratt, William P. Hanage and Angela B. Brueggemann; title: Pneumococcal carriage / Derrick W. Crook ... [et al.]; title: Epidemiology of pneumococcal disease / Jay C. Butler; title: Mechanisms of carriage / Jeffrey N. Weiser; title: Invasion and infection; title: Inflammation and host defense / Paul Anthony Majcherczyk and Philippe Moreillon; title: Interactions of streptococcus pneumoniae with the proteins of the complement pathways / Margaret K. Hostetter; title: A pathogenetic categorization of clinical syndromes caused by streptococcus pneumoniae / Daniel M. Musher; title: Attachment and invasion of the respiratory tract / Elaine I. Tuomanen; title: Pathogenesis of pneumococcal meningitis / Joerg R. Weber; title: Immunodeficiency and invasive pneumococcal disease / Edward N. Janoff and Jeffrey B. Rubins; title: Treatment and prevention; title: Changing the ecology of pneumococci with antibiotics and vaccines / Ron Dagan and Marc Lipsitch; title: Pneumococcal infections : therapeutic strategies and pitfalls / Kathryn M. Edwards; title: Clinical relevance of antibiotic resistance in pneumococcal infections / Keith P. Klugman; title: Mechanisms for penicillin resistance in streptococcus pneumoniae : penicillin binding proteins, gene transfer, and cell wall metabolism / Carina Bergmann ... [et al.]; title: Macrolide, quinolone, and other non-?-lactam antibiotic resistance in streptococcus pneumoniae / Karita Ambrose and David S. Stephens; title: The humoral immune response to streptococcus pneumoniae / Clifford M. Snapper ... [et al.]; title: New pneumococcal vaccines : basic science developments / James C. Paton; title: Vaccine-induced immunity / H. Käyhty and H. Mäkelä.