Sequelae and long-term consequences of infectious diseases /

The purpose of this book is to provide a single source covering varying aspects of long-term sequelae of infectious diseases. In addition to covering the diseases and their sequelae, the genetic and immunological statuses of the afflicted individuals are discussed in terms of the infection, disease...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: American Society for Microbiology
Otros Autores: Fratamico, Pina M. (Editor ), Smith, J. L. (James L.) (Editor ), Brogden, Kim A. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Communicable diseases > Complications.
Chronic diseases.
Communicable Diseases > complications
Chronic Disease
Maladies infectieuses > Complications et séquelles.
Maladies chroniques.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Infectious causes of chronic disease: from hypothesis to proof
  • Late manifestations of lyme borreliosis
  • Chlamydia pneumoniae and Chlamydia trachomatis
  • Enteric pathogens
  • Escherichai coli: enteric and extraintestinal infections
  • Variable capacity for persistent infection and complications of gram-positive cocci: streptococci and staphylococci
  • Helicobacter pylori
  • Mycobacteria: leprosy, a battle turned; tuberculosis, a battle raging; paratuberculosis, a battle ignored
  • Complications and long-term sequelae of infections by Neisseria gonorrhoeae
  • Sequelae and long-term consequences of syphilis infection
  • Whipple's disease
  • Toxoplasma gondii
  • Taenia solium
  • Long-term consequences of Cryptosporidium infections in immunocompetent and immunodeficient individuals
  • Malaria
  • Trypanosomatidae: Leishmania species, Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas disease), and associated complications
  • Parasitic helminths
  • Acute viral infections with rare late complications
  • Latent viral infections
  • Sequelae of chronic viral hepatitis
  • Slow viral infections
  • Complications of superficial mycoses
  • Sequelae and long-term consequences of systemic and subcutaneous mycoses
  • Prion diseases
  • Infection with Porphyromonas gingivalis, a potential risk factor for chronic systemic disease
  • Diseases with long-term consequences in search of a microbial agent
  • Epidemiological methods to implicate specific microorganisms with long-term complications
  • Concluding perspectives of sequelae and long-term consequences of infectious diseases: what's next?

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