Staphylococcus aureus Infection and Disease

Staphylococcus aureus Infection and Disease edited by Allen Honeyman, Herman Friedman, Mauro Bendinelli.

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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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Honeyman, Allen (Editor), Friedman, Herman (Editor), Bendinelli, Mauro (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
Edition:1st ed. 2001.
Series:Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Infectious diseases.
Medical microbiology.
Internal medicine.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • The Regulation of Virulence in the Staphylococci
  • Small Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus: Mechanisms for Production, Biology of Infection, and Clinical Significance
  • Capsule Production
  • Capsule and Vaccine Development
  • Superantigen Activation of Macrophages
  • Toxin Production
  • Staphylococcal Enterotoxins
  • Staphylococcal Extracellular/ Surface Enzymatic Activity
  • Surface Protein Anchoring and Display in Staphylococci
  • Pore-forming Cytolysins ? and ?-Hemolysins and Leukocidin from Staphylococcus aureus
  • Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis
  • Internalization of Staphylococcus aureus by Nonprofessional Phagocytes
  • Staphylococcus aureus Mastitis
  • Global Regulation of Virulence Determinants in Staphylococcus aureus.

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