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Title Bacterial pathogenesis : a molecular approach / Brenda A. Wilson .. [and others]..

Publication Info. Washington, DC : ASM Press, [2011]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Reference Material  PHARM QZ 65 B131 2011    In-Library Use Only
Edition Third edition.
Description xiv, 526 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Note Rev. ed. of: Bacterial pathogenesis : a molecular approach / Abigail A. Salyers and Dixie D. Whitt. 2nd ed. c2002.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Bacterial diseases -- Pathogenesis.
Molecular microbiology.
Bacteria -- pathogenicity.
Bacterial Infections -- etiology.
Bacterial Infections -- prevention & control.
Host-Parasite Interactions.
Virulence.
Added Author Wilson, Brenda A.
Salyers, Abigail A. Bacterial pathogenesis.
ISBN 9781555814182 softcover alkaline paper
1555814182 softcover alkaline paper
Standard No. 3435043
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