Staphylococcus aureus infection and disease /

Staphylococcus aureus is now acknowledged as being the most important bacterial pathogen of humans. It usually produces localized disease but can be rapidly invasive, spreading through the tissues, invading bone, and seeding the bloodstream to produce a fulminant picture of septic shock, disseminate...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Honeyman, Allen, Friedman, Herman, 1931-2007, Bendinelli, Mauro
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Kluwer Academic, ©2001.
Series:Infectious agents and pathogenesis.
Subjects:
Staphylococcus aureus infections.
Staphylococcal infections.
Pathogenic bacteria.
Staphylococcus aureus > pathogenicity
Staphylococcal Infections
Staphylococcies.
Infections à Staphylococcus aureus.
Bactéries pathogènes.
MEDICAL > Microbiology.
Pathogenic bacteria
Staphylococcal infections
Staphylococcus aureus infections
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • 1. The Regulation of Virulence in the Staphylococci
  • 2. Small Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus: Mechanisms for Production, Biology of Infection, and Clinical Significance
  • 3. Capsule Production
  • 4. Capsule and Vaccine Development
  • 5. Superantigen Activation of Macrophages
  • 6. Toxin Production
  • 7. Staphylococcal Enterotoxins
  • 8. Staphylococcal Extracellular/Surface Enzymatic Activity
  • 9. Surface Protein Anchoring and Display in Staphylococci
  • 10. Pore-forming Cytolysins a- and g-Hemolysins and Leukocidin from Stahylococcus aureus
  • 11. Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis
  • 12. Internalization of Staphylococcus aureus by Nonprofessional Phagocytes
  • 13. Staphylococcus aureus Mastitis
  • 14. Global Regulation of Virulence Determinants in Staphylococcus aureus.

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