Pubbl/distr/stampa	Boston, : Little, Brown, [1957]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (384 p.)
Disciplina	600
Altri autori (Persone)	WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward) O'ConnorCecilia M <1927-> (Cecilia Mary)
Collana	Ciba Foundation symposium
Soggetto topico	Drug resistance in microorganisms
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-280-76861-4 9786613679383 0-470-71905-2 0-470-71652-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	DRUG RESISTANCE IN MICRO-ORGANISMS; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; Aspects of the problem of drug resistance in bacteria; Discussion; Indirect selection and origin of resistance; Discussion; Genetic aspects of drug resistance; Discussion; Inheritance in single bacterial cells; Discussion; Penicillin-induced resistance to penicillin in cultures of Bacillus cereus; Discussion; Directed hereditary changes of fermentative properties of yeast by a specific substrate; Discussion; Multiple mechanisms of acquired drug resistance; Discussion Physiological (phenotypic) mechanisms responsible for drug resistanceDiscussion; Genetic and metabolic mechanisms underlying multiple levels of sulphonamide resistance in pneumococci; Discussion; The phenotypic expression of genes determining various types of drug resistance following their inheritance by sensitive bacteria; Discussion; Specific polyhydroxy compounds as cofactors of enzymic adaptation and its inheritance; Discussion; Development of resistance to streptomycin in Serratia marcescens; Discussion Distribution of drug-resistant individuals in cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosisDiscussion; Physiological adaptation of bacteria to antibiotics; Discussion; Drug resistance of staphylococci with special reference to penicillinase production; Discussion; On the identification of genetic and non-genetic variation in bacteria; Discussion; The reactions of the mutagenic alkylating agents with proteins and nucleic acids; Discussion; Genetics of two different mechanisms of resistance to colicins: resistance by loss of specific receptors and im- munity by transfer of colicinogenic factors DiscussionGeneral Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910144680603321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Boston, : Little, Brown, 1955
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (436 p.)
Disciplina	616.246
Altri autori (Persone)	WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward) CameronMargaret P O'ConnorCecilia M <1927-> (Cecilia Mary)
Collana	Ciba Foundation symposium
Soggetto topico	Medicine, Experimental Tuberculosis Leprosy
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-280-76851-7 9786613679284 0-470-71893-5 0-470-71638-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
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
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910144675903321