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Veterinary Microbiology.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Wiley,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Companion Website
- PART I Introduction
- 1 Pathogenicity and Virulence
- Some Attributes of Host-Parasite Relationships
- Criteria of Pathogenicity-Koch's Postulates
- Elements in the Production of an Infectious Disease
- Pathogenic Action
- Direct Damage
- Immune-Mediated Damage
- Further Reading
- 2 Immune Responses to Infectious Agents
- Innate Immunity
- Detection of Pathogen-Associated Molecular Patterns (PAMPs) by Sentinel Cells and the Effects on Immune System Stimulation
- Anatomic Features, Physiological Processes, and Normal Flora
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Role in Innate Immunity
- Effector Cells of the Innate Immune System
- Adaptive Immunity
- Humoral Immunity (Antibody Response)
- Effector Functions of Antibody
- Cell-Mediated Immunity
- Killing of Facultative Intracellular Bacteria by Activated Macrophages
- Killing of Virus-Infected Cells by Cytotoxic T Cells
- Effector Cells Can Use Antibody to Bind Target Cells
- Evaluation of Immune Responses to Infectious Agents
- Antibody-Based Serology
- Cell-Mediated Immunity-Based Diagnostics
- Summary
- Further Reading
- 3 Laboratory Diagnosis
- Bacteria and Fungi
- Sample Collection
- Transport of Samples
- Demonstration of an Infectious Agent
- Virus
- General Considerations
- Isolation of Virus from Clinical Specimens
- Identification of Viruses or Viral Antigens in Clinical Specimens
- Serologic Detection of Viruses
- Further Reading
- 4 Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- Classification of Antimicrobial Drugs
- Mechanism of Action of Antimicrobial Drugs
- Inhibition of Cell Wall Synthesis
- Damage to Cell Membrane Function
- Inhibition of Nucleic Acid Function
- Inhibition of Protein Synthesis
- Aminoglycosides
- Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Drug Dosage Prediction
- Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
- Design of Drug Dosage and Pharmacodynamic Properties
- Factors Affecting Tissue Drug Concentrations
- Antifungal Chemotherapy
- Antifungal Agents for Topical Use
- Antifungal Agents for Systemic Use
- Resistance to Antibacterial Drugs
- Constitutive Resistance
- Acquired Resistance
- Other Genetic Elements Associated with Resistance.
- Clinical Importance of Antimicrobial Drug Resistance
- Public Health Aspects of Antimicrobial Resistancein Animal Pathogens
- Control of Antimicrobial Resistance
- 5 Vaccines
- Introduction
- Humoral Immunity
- Cell-Mediated Immunity
- Generation of the Immune Response
- DNA Vaccines
- Adjuvants
- Viral Vaccines
- Live Attenuated Viral Vaccines
- Inactivated Virus Vaccines
- Toxoids, Bacterins, and Bacterial Vaccines
- Toxoids
- Bacterins
- Bacterial Vaccines
- Further Reading
- PART II Bacteria and Fungi