Persistent bacterial infections / 
edited by James P. Nataro, Martin J. Blaser and Susanna Cunningham-Rundles. 
 - xv, 453 pages :  illustrations ;  27 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Persistent bacterial infections:  commensalism gone awry or adaptive niche? / James P. Nataro, Martin J. Blaser and Susanna Cunningham-Rundles -- The biology of persistent infection:  Antigenic variation and the persistence of extracellular bacteria in vertebrate hosts / John L. Wylie and Robert C. Brunham -- Life on the inside:  microbial strategies for intracellular survival and persistence / Anthony P. Sinai -- Mechanisms for establishing persistence:  immune modulation / Taraz Samandari, Myron M. Levine and Marcelo B. Sztein -- Mathematical models of colonization and persistence in bacterial infections / Denise E. Kirschner and Rolf Freter -- The natural history and ecology of commensal human floras / K. A. Bettelheim -- Pathological consequences of commensalism / Agnes E. Wold and Ingegerd Adlerberth -- Bacterial infections in the immunocompromised host / Susanna Cunningham-Rundles and Mirjana Nesin -- Influence of    T cells on the development of chronic disease and persistent bacterial infections / Paul J. Egan and Simon R. Carding -- Microbial superantigens and immunological deregulation / Barbara A. Torres, Jeanne M. Soos, George Q. Perrin and Howard M. Johnson -- Persistent bacterial pathogens:  Neisseria gonorrhoeae:  adaptation and survival in the urogenital tract / Ann E. Jerse -- Chlamydia spp. / Toni Darville -- Helicobacter pylori / Andre Dubois, Anthony Welch, Douglas E. Berg and Martin J. Blaser -- Lyme Borreliosis / Stephen W. Barthold -- Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections / V. Deretic -- Mycobacterium infections / Michele Trucksis -- Bartonella species / Jane E. Koehler -- IV Pathogenesis of persistent clinical syndromes:  Persistence of infective endocarditis / Mark C. Herzberg -- Osteomyelitis / M. E. Shirtliff and J. E. Mader -- Abscesses / Laurie E. Comstock and Arthur O. Tzianabos -- Dental plaque / Cynthia Gove Bloomquist and William F. Liljemark -- Biofilms and device-related infections / J. William Costerton and Philip S. Stewart. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1555811590 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bacterial diseases.<br/>Medical bacteriology.<br/>Infection.<br/>Chronic diseases.<br/>Host-bacteria relationships.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.9201