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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454998603321

Titolo

Staphylococcus aureus infection and disease [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Allen Honeyman, Herman Friedman and Mauro Bendinelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Kluwer Academic, c2002

ISBN

1-280-04311-3

9786610043118

0-306-46848-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2001.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Collana

Infectious agents and pathogenesis

Altri autori (Persone)

HoneymanAllen

FriedmanHerman <1931-2007.>

BendinelliMauro

Disciplina

616/.01453

Soggetti

Staphylococcus aureus infections

Pathogenic microorganisms

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Regulation of Virulence in the Staphylococci -- Small Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus: Mechanisms for Production, Biology of Infection, and Clinical Significance -- Capsule Production -- Capsule and Vaccine Development -- Superantigen Activation of Macrophages -- Toxin Production -- Staphylococcal Enterotoxins -- Staphylococcal Extracellular/ Surface Enzymatic Activity -- Surface Protein Anchoring and Display in Staphylococci -- Pore-forming Cytolysins ? and ?-Hemolysins and Leukocidin from Staphylococcus aureus -- Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis -- Internalization of Staphylococcus aureus by Nonprofessional Phagocytes -- Staphylococcus aureus Mastitis -- Global Regulation of Virulence Determinants in Staphylococcus aureus.

Sommario/riassunto

Staphylococcus aureus is now acknowledged as being the most important bacterial pathogen of humans. It usually produces localized disease but can be rapidly invasive, spreading through the tissues, invading bone, and seeding the bloodstream to produce a fulminant picture of septic shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and



rapid death. Moreover, most strains of staph infections are becoming resistant to most antibiotics, thus posing a significant problem for hospitals and health care facilities. This book, a volume in the Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis series, presents chapters by the major researchers in the field.