Bacterial Pathogens and Their Virulence Factors

✍ Scribed by Douglas I. Johnson (auth.)

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2018
Tongue: English
Leaves: 451
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Bacterial Pathogens and their Virulence Factors contains a detailed description of 32 major bacterial pathogens that affect human health and their associated virulence determinants. Chapter 1 gives an overview of the different types and classes of general virulence factors involved in host cell adherence and invasion, dissemination within the host, host cell damage, and evasion of host defense systems, as well as mechanisms by which these virulence factors are regulated. Chapters 2 through 33 give concise descriptions of the disease states associated with the 32 bacterial genera and their major pathogenic species, along with an in-depth description of the individual virulence factors that have been found to be functionally involved in pathogenicity. A detailed bibliography derived from primary literature and review articles accompanies each of these chapters, allowing the reader to delve more deeply into individual pathogens and their virulence determinants. Chapter 34 discusses the exciting possibilities and initial successes of using detailed information on a pathogen’s virulence toolkit to design new therapeutics aimed at specific virulence traits.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xv
Bacterial Virulence Factors (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 1-38
Front Matter ....Pages 39-39
Bacillus spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 41-50
Clostridium spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 51-71
Corynebacterium spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 73-79
Enterococcus spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 81-91
Listeria spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 93-102
Mycobacterium spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 103-119
Propionibacterium spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 121-125
Staphylococcus spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 127-149
Streptococcus spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 151-174
Front Matter ....Pages 175-175
Bacteroides spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 177-182
Bordetella spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 183-190
Borrelia spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 191-197
Campylobacter spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 199-207
Escherichia spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 209-239
Francisella spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 241-247
Haemophilus spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 249-256
Helicobacter spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 257-268
Klebsiella spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 269-277
Legionella spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 279-287
Leptospira spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 289-294
Neisseria spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 295-310
Nocardia spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 311-315
Proteus spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 317-323
Pseudomonas spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 325-338
Rickettsia spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 339-344
Salmonella spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 345-361
Shigella spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 363-379
Treponema spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 381-387
Vibrio spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 389-405
Yersinia spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 407-421
Chlamydia spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 423-429
Mycoplasma spp. (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 431-437
Anti-Virulence Factor Therapeutics (Douglas I. Johnson)....Pages 439-461

✦ Subjects

Infectious Diseases

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