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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Suttorp, Norbert (Editor), Welte, Tobias (Editor), Marre, Reinhard (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Series:Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases,
Subjects:
Medical microbiology.
Medicine-Research.
Biology-Research.
Medical Microbiology.
Biomedical Research.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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