Opportunistic intracellular bacteria and immunity / / editors, Lois J. Paradise, Herman Friedman, Mauro Bendinelli

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779845703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Plenum Press, c1999
• ISBN: 0-585-42792-5; 1-280-04275-3; 9786610042753; 0-306-46809-3
• Edizione: [First edition 2002.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxvi, 302 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Infectious agents and pathogenesis
• Altri autori (Persone): ParadiseLois J; FriedmanHerman <1931-2007.>; BendinelliMauro
• Disciplina: 616.9/2
• Soggetti: Bacterial diseases; Opportunistic infections; Immunodeficiency; Immunosuppression
• 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: Immune Defenses against Intracellular Bacterial Infections -- Genetic Regulation of Host Responses to Salmonella typhimurium -- Host Resistance and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection -- The Influence of Adrenal Steroids on Macrophage and T-cell Function in Tuberculosis -- Mycobacterium leprae as an Opportunistic Pathogen -- Immunology and Immunopathology of Mycobacterial Infections -- Mycobacterium avium-Complex Infections and Immunodeficiency -- Pathogenesis of Legionella pneumophila Infection -- Immune Responses to Legionella -- The Infectious/Pathogenic Processes Driven by Listeria monocytogenes in Laboratory Mice -- Rhodococcus equi: Pathogenesis and Replication in Macrophages -- Bartonella Infections in the Immunocompromised Host -- Chlamydia trachomatis Infections -- Chlamydia Infection and Pneumonia -- Brucella Infections and Immunity -- Antibiotic Treatment of Infections with Intracellular Bacteria.
• Sommario/riassunto: Opportunistic, intracellular bacterial infections are in the forefront of research today because of the challenges they present to the immunocompromised patient. In this volume, the pathogenesis and immune reaction of these intracellular infections is featured, as are the most typical problems related to antimicrobial chemotherapy, and current approaches to their solution. Notable chapters set the pace for research on the pathogenic and immune reactions to such infections as Mycobacterium tuberculosis Legionella pneumophila Chlamydia trachomatis and Brucella.