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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300456203321

Autore

Johnson Douglas I

Titolo

Bacterial Pathogens and Their Virulence Factors [[electronic resource] /] / by Douglas I. Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-67651-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 461 p. 130 illus., 114 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

616.9

Soggetti

Infectious diseases

Bacteriology

Medical microbiology

Infectious Diseases

Medical Microbiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Bacterial Virulence Factors -- Part I. Gram-Positive Bacterial Pathogens -- Bacillus spp.- Clostridium spp.- Corynebacterium spp -- Enterococcus spp -- Listeria spp -- Mycobacterium spp -- Propionibacterium spp.- Staphylococcus spp -- Streptococcus spp -- Part II. Gram-Negative Bacterial Pathogens -- Bacteroides spp -- Bordetella spp -- Borrelia spp.- Campylobacter spp -- Escherichia spp -- Francisella spp -- Haemophilus spp -- Helicobacter spp.- Klebsiella spp -- Legionella spp -- Leptospira spp -- Neisseria spp -- Nocardia spp -- Proteus spp -- Pseudomonas spp.- Rickettsia spp.- Salmonella spp -- Shigella spp -- Treponema spp -- Vibrio spp -- Yersinia spp -- Chlamydia spp -- Mycoplasma spp -- Anti-Virulence Factor Therapeutics.

Sommario/riassunto

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.