Bacterial Meningitis / / editors, H. Schönfeld, H. Helwig |
Autore | Schönfeld H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel : , : S. Karger, , 1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VIII + 276 pages) : : 11 figures, 49 tables |
Disciplina |
615.5/8 s
616.8/2 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SchönfeldH (Hans)
HelwigHelmut |
Soggetto topico |
Pharmacology
Infectious Diseases Neurology Pharmaceutics Bacteriology Immunology Microbiology |
ISBN | 3-318-03220-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910156329003321 |
Schönfeld H | ||
Basel : , : S. Karger, , 1992 | ||
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Handbook of meningococcal disease : infection biology, vaccination, clinical management / / edited by Matthias Frosch and Martin C. J. Maiden |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, [Germany] : , : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (594 p.) |
Disciplina |
616.8/2
616.82 |
Soggetto topico |
Meningitis
Neisseria meningitidis |
ISBN |
1-282-01046-8
9786612010460 3-527-60850-8 3-527-61445-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Handbook of Meningococcal Disease; Contents; Preface; Foreword; List of Contributors; Color Plates; 1 Historical Aspects; 1.1 The Origins of Meningococcal Disease; 1.2 The 19th Century; 1.3 From 1900 to 1920; 1.4 From 1921 to 1939; 1.5 From World War II to 1960 - Epidemiology; 1.6 From 1961 to 2005; 1.7 Conclusion; References; Part I Epidemiology of Meningococcal Disease; 2 The Population Biology of Neisseria meningitidis: Implications for Meningococcal Disease, Epidemiology and Control; 2.1 Introduction: The Meningococcus, an Enigmatic Pathogen
2.1.1 The Global Burden of Meningococcal Disease2.1.2 Paradoxes Arising from Meningococcal Natural History; 2.2 Meningococcal Diversity and its Consequences; 2.2.1 Genetic and Antigenic Diversity; 2.2.2 Structure Within Meningococcal Populations - The Clonal Complex; 2.3 Mechanisms of Diversification and Structuring in Meningococcal Populations; 2.3.1 Mutation and Recombination in Bacterial Evolution; 2.3.2 Evidence for Recombination in Meningococcal Populations; 2.4 Meningococcal Genotypes in Carriage and Disease; 2.4.1 The Hyperinvasive Lineages 2.5 Global Epidemiology of Meningococcal Disease2.5.1 The Group A Pandemics; 2.5.2 The ST-11 (ET-37) Complex Epidemics; 2.5.3 The ST-32 (ET-5) Pandemic; 2.5.4 The ST-41/44 Complex (Lineage 3); 2.5.5 Other Complexes; 2.6 Conclusions: Implications of Meningococcal Population Biology for Disease Control; References; 3 Methods for Typing of Meningococci; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Phenotypic Typing Methods; 3.3 Serological Typing Methods; 3.3.1 Serogrouping of Meningococci; 3.3.2 Serotyping and Serosubtyping; 3.4 Immunotyping; 3.5 Multilocus Enzyme Electrophoresis; 3.6 Genetic Characterization 3.6.1 Antigen Gene PCR and Sequencing for Meningococcal Typing3.6.2 Genogrouping (PCR-based Designation of Group); 3.6.3 Genotyping and Genosubtyping - porB and porA Sequencing; 3.6.4 FetA; 3.6.5 Multilocus Sequence Typing; 3.6.6 Variable-number Tandem Repeats; 3.6.7 Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis; 3.6.8 Databases; 3.7 Conclusion; References; 4 Antibiotic Resistance; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Testing Antibiotics Against N. meningitidis; 4.2.1 Methodological Issues in N. meningitidis Susceptibility Testing; 4.2.1.1 The "Invasion" of the Etest; 4.2.1.2 The Breakpoint Issue 4.3 Clinical Impact and Spread of Antibiotic Resistance in Meningococcal Disease4.3.1 Antibiotic Resistance in the Chemoprophylaxis of Meningococcal Disease; 4.3.2 Antibiotic Resistance in the Treatment of Meningococcal Disease; 4.3.2.1 Penicillin; 4.3.2.2 Chloramphenicol; 4.3.2.3 Quinolones; 4.4 Are There New Drugs or New Strategies on the Horizon?; 4.5 Molecular Tools for Definition of Antimicrobial Susceptibility in N. meningitidis; References; Part II Genetics and Genomics of the Meningococcus; 5 Neisseria meningitidis Genome Sequencing Projects; 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The Genomes of Neisseria meningitidis |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910144737803321 |
Weinheim, [Germany] : , : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, , 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Handbook of meningococcal disease : infection biology, vaccination, clinical management / / edited by Matthias Frosch and Martin C. J. Maiden |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, [Germany] : , : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (594 p.) |
Disciplina |
616.8/2
616.82 |
Soggetto topico |
Meningitis
Neisseria meningitidis |
ISBN |
1-282-01046-8
9786612010460 3-527-60850-8 3-527-61445-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Handbook of Meningococcal Disease; Contents; Preface; Foreword; List of Contributors; Color Plates; 1 Historical Aspects; 1.1 The Origins of Meningococcal Disease; 1.2 The 19th Century; 1.3 From 1900 to 1920; 1.4 From 1921 to 1939; 1.5 From World War II to 1960 - Epidemiology; 1.6 From 1961 to 2005; 1.7 Conclusion; References; Part I Epidemiology of Meningococcal Disease; 2 The Population Biology of Neisseria meningitidis: Implications for Meningococcal Disease, Epidemiology and Control; 2.1 Introduction: The Meningococcus, an Enigmatic Pathogen
2.1.1 The Global Burden of Meningococcal Disease2.1.2 Paradoxes Arising from Meningococcal Natural History; 2.2 Meningococcal Diversity and its Consequences; 2.2.1 Genetic and Antigenic Diversity; 2.2.2 Structure Within Meningococcal Populations - The Clonal Complex; 2.3 Mechanisms of Diversification and Structuring in Meningococcal Populations; 2.3.1 Mutation and Recombination in Bacterial Evolution; 2.3.2 Evidence for Recombination in Meningococcal Populations; 2.4 Meningococcal Genotypes in Carriage and Disease; 2.4.1 The Hyperinvasive Lineages 2.5 Global Epidemiology of Meningococcal Disease2.5.1 The Group A Pandemics; 2.5.2 The ST-11 (ET-37) Complex Epidemics; 2.5.3 The ST-32 (ET-5) Pandemic; 2.5.4 The ST-41/44 Complex (Lineage 3); 2.5.5 Other Complexes; 2.6 Conclusions: Implications of Meningococcal Population Biology for Disease Control; References; 3 Methods for Typing of Meningococci; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Phenotypic Typing Methods; 3.3 Serological Typing Methods; 3.3.1 Serogrouping of Meningococci; 3.3.2 Serotyping and Serosubtyping; 3.4 Immunotyping; 3.5 Multilocus Enzyme Electrophoresis; 3.6 Genetic Characterization 3.6.1 Antigen Gene PCR and Sequencing for Meningococcal Typing3.6.2 Genogrouping (PCR-based Designation of Group); 3.6.3 Genotyping and Genosubtyping - porB and porA Sequencing; 3.6.4 FetA; 3.6.5 Multilocus Sequence Typing; 3.6.6 Variable-number Tandem Repeats; 3.6.7 Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis; 3.6.8 Databases; 3.7 Conclusion; References; 4 Antibiotic Resistance; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Testing Antibiotics Against N. meningitidis; 4.2.1 Methodological Issues in N. meningitidis Susceptibility Testing; 4.2.1.1 The "Invasion" of the Etest; 4.2.1.2 The Breakpoint Issue 4.3 Clinical Impact and Spread of Antibiotic Resistance in Meningococcal Disease4.3.1 Antibiotic Resistance in the Chemoprophylaxis of Meningococcal Disease; 4.3.2 Antibiotic Resistance in the Treatment of Meningococcal Disease; 4.3.2.1 Penicillin; 4.3.2.2 Chloramphenicol; 4.3.2.3 Quinolones; 4.4 Are There New Drugs or New Strategies on the Horizon?; 4.5 Molecular Tools for Definition of Antimicrobial Susceptibility in N. meningitidis; References; Part II Genetics and Genomics of the Meningococcus; 5 Neisseria meningitidis Genome Sequencing Projects; 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The Genomes of Neisseria meningitidis |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830798603321 |
Weinheim, [Germany] : , : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, , 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Meningitis / / Sylvia Engdahl, book editor |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Detroit : , : Greenhaven Press, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (141 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps |
Disciplina | 616.8/2 |
Collana | Perspectives on diseases and disorders |
Soggetto topico | Meningitis |
ISBN | 0-7377-5276-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Understanding meningitis -- Issues concerning meningitis -- Personal narratives about meningitis. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910140300303321 |
Detroit : , : Greenhaven Press, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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