| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 526 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 |
| Summary |
"Written for one-semester microbiology courses, the third edition draws together the latest research to help students explore the mechanisms by which bacterial pathogens cause infections in humans and animals. Readers discover the strategies that bacterial pathogens use to survive and multiply within their hosts and the strategies that hosts use to fend off infections. The text's engaging style, illustrative examples, and thought-provoking exercises convey the excitement of scientific discovery"--Publisher's description |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Bacterial pathogenesis : a molecular approach / Abigail A. Salyers and Dixie D. Whitt. 2nd ed. ©2002 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from pdf title page (R2 Digital Library, viewed November 4, 2016) |
| Subject |
Bacterial diseases -- Pathogenesis
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Molecular microbiology.
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Host-parasite relationships.
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Bacteria -- pathogenicity
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Bacterial Infections -- etiology
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Bacterial Infections -- prevention & control
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Host-Parasite Interactions
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Virulence
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Host-parasite relationships
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Bacterial diseases -- Pathogenesis
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Molecular microbiology
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Bakterielle Infektion.
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Pathogenese.
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Molekularpathologie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Salyers, Abigail A., author.
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Whitt, Dixie D., author.
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Winkler, Malcolm, author
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Preceded by: Salyers, Abigail A.
Bacterial pathogenesis. c2002
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| LC no. |
2010029309 |
| ISBN |
9781613442494 |
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1613442491 |
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9781555816162 |
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1555816169 |
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