Ciba Foundation Symposium on experimental tuberculosis bacillus and host : with an addendum on leprosy / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Margaret P. Cameron ; assisted by Cecilia M. O'Connor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910876889503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston, : Little, Brown, 1955
• ISBN: 1-280-76851-7; 9786613679284; 0-470-71893-5; 0-470-71638-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (436 p.)
• Collana: Ciba Foundation symposium
• Altri autori (Persone): WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward); CameronMargaret P; O'ConnorCecilia M <1927-> (Cecilia Mary)
• Disciplina: 616.246
• Soggetti: Medicine, Experimental; Tuberculosis; Leprosy
• 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: EXPERIMENTAL TUBERCULOSIS Bacillus and Host With an Addendum on Leprosy; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; The proteins of the tubercle bacillus; Discussion; Chemical structure and biological activity of mycolic acids; Discussion; Mycobactin: a growth factor for acid-fast bacilli; Discussion; Polysaccharide components of the tubercle bacillus; Discussion; Granuloma-producing properties of synthetic fatty acids; Discussion; Early tissue reactions to tubercle bacilli and their products; Discussion; Succinic dehydrogenase activity in tuberculous animals; Discussion; Biochemical factors which may influence the fate of tubercle bacilli in tissuesDiscussion; Bacterial components concerned in the early phase of infection; Discussion; Serological activity of various fractions of culture filtrates of the tubercle bacillus; Discussion; The serology of tubercle polysaccharides; Discussion; The chemical nature of the ; lipoidal factor of the tubercle bacillus responsible for the induction of tuberculous hypersensitivity; Discussion; Tubercle bacilli as immunological adjuvants; Discussion; Relation between growth inhibitory property of monocytes for tubercle bacilli and hypersensitivity to tuberculin: an in vitro studyDiscussion; Tuberculous hypersensitivity and desensitization; Discussion; Tubercle bacilli in infected tissues grown on tissue culture; Discussion; The role of bacterial multiplication in the establishment of immunity to tuberculosis; Discussion; On the mode of action of cortisone on the pathogenesis of tuberculosis and its implications for the nature of genetic resistance to the disease; Discussion; The mechanism involved in acquired immunity to tuberculosis; DiscussionHuman lung tissue reactions to the tubercle bacillus in relation to chemotherapy; Discussion; Influence of certain surface-active agents on the host-parasite relationship in experimental tuberculosis; Discussion; The relationship between the growth requirements and the pathogenicity of isoniazid-resistant mutants of tubercle bacilli: a study of the role of host physiology in susceptibility to infectious disease; Discussion; General discussion; Chairman's closing remarks; Addendum on Experimental Leprosy; A pathogenetic relationship between tuberculosis and leprosy: the common denominators in the tissue response to mycobacteriaThe leprosy bacillus and the host reaction to it; The reaction of the host tissue in relation to Mycobacterium leprae; Immunological and physiological basis of immunization in tuberculosis and leprosy; Discussion