Persistent bacterial infections / edited by James P. Nataro, Martin J. Blaser and Susanna Cunningham-Rundles.
Contributor(s): Nataro, James P | Blaser, Martin J | Cunningham-Rundles, Susanna.
Material type: BookWashington, D.C.: American Society for Microbiology, [2000] ©2000Description: xv, 453 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1555811590.Subject(s): Bacterial diseases | Medical bacteriology | Infection | Chronic diseases | Host-bacteria relationshipsDDC classification: 616.9201Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An examination of persistent bacterial infections in the light of ecological and evolutionary principles.* Focuses on the principles of parasitism and commensalism and our ability to distinguish the two states. * Explores the ways in which persistent infections differ from acute, self-limiting bacterial infections and how both differ from the nonpathogenic commensal state. * Addresses coevolution, host adaptation, natural selection, and other fundamental biological principles. * Serves as a resource for investigators and advanced students in the field of bacterial pathogenesis.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Contributors (p. ix)
- Foreword (p. xiii)
- I Introduction (p. 1)
- 1. Persistent Bacterial Infections: Commensalism Gone Awry or Adaptive Niche? (p. 3)
- II The Biology of Persistent Infection (p. 11)
- 2. Antigenic Variation and the Persistence of Extracellular Bacteria in Vertebrate Hosts (p. 13)
- 3. Life on the Inside: Microbial Strategies for Intracellular Survival and Persistence (p. 31)
- 4. Mechanisms for Establishing Persistence: Immune Modulation (p. 53)
- 5. Mathematical Models of Colonization and Persistence in Bacterial Infections (p. 79)
- 6. The Natural History and Ecology of Commensal Human Floras (p. 101)
- 7. Pathological Consequences of Commensalism (p. 115)
- 8. Bacterial Infections in the Immunocompromised Host (p. 145)
- 9. Influence of [gamma delta] T Cells on the Development of Chronic Disease and Persistent Bacterial Infections (p. 165)
- 10. Microbial Superantigens and Immunological Deregulation (p. 183)
- III Persistent Bacterial Pathogens (p. 199)
- 11. Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Adaptation and Survival in the Urogenital Tract (p. 201)
- 12. Chlamydia spp. (p. 229)
- 13. Helicobacter pylori (p. 263)
- 14. Lyme Borreliosis (p. 281)
- 15. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections (p. 305)
- 16. Mycobacterium Infections (p. 327)
- 17. Bartonella Species (p. 339)
- IV Pathogenesis of Persistent Clinical Syndromes (p. 355)
- 18. Persistence of Infective Endocarditis (p. 357)
- 19. Osteomyelitis (p. 375)
- 20. Abscesses (p. 397)
- 21. Dental Plaque (p. 409)
- 22. Biofilms and Device-Related Infections (p. 423)
- Index (p. 441)