Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a disease associated with high morbidity and mortality, with at least one third of cases requiring hospitalization, exceeding the numbers admitted for myocardial infarction and stroke. Despite a broad armamentarium of antimicrobials available, it remains an impo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Suttorp, Norbert (Editor ), Welte, Tobias (Editor ), Marre, Reinhard (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases,
Temas:
Medical microbiology.
Medicine-Research.
Biology-Research.
Medical Microbiology.
Biomedical Research.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Diagnosis and treatment of community acquired pneumonia - the German perspective
  • Detection of respiratory bacterial pathogens
  • Viral pathogens and epidemiology, detection, therapy and resistance
  • Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Influenza
  • Pathogenesis of Chlamydophila pneumoniae infections - epidemiology, immunity, cell biology, virulence factors
  • Legionnaires' disease and its agent Legionella pneumophila
  • Pathogenesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae infections:adaptive immunity, innate immunity, cell biology, virulence factors
  • Pathogenesis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections:adaptive immunity, innate immunity, cell biology, and virulence factors
  • Community-acquired pneumonia: paving the way towards new vaccination concepts.

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