Tang / Liu / Sussman Molecular Medical Microbiology

2. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-12-397763-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 2216 Seiten

The molecular age has brought about dramatic changes in medical microbiology, and great leaps in our understanding of the mechanisms of infectious disease. Molecular Medical Microbiology is the first book to synthesise the many new developments in both molecular and clinical research in a single comprehensive resource. This timely and authoritative three-volume work is an invaluable reference source of medical bacteriology. Comprising more than 100 chapters, organized into 17 major sections, the scope of this impressive work is wide-ranging. Written by experts in the field, chapters include cutting-edge information, and clinical overviews for each major bacterial group, in addition to the latest updates on vaccine development, molecular technology and diagnostic technology. Topics covered include bacterial structure, cell function, and genetics; mechanisms of pathogenesis and prevention; antibacterial agents; and infections ranging from gastrointestinal to urinary tract, centrtal nervous system, respiratory tract, and more. - The first comprehensive and accessible reference on molecular medical microbiology - Full color presentation througout - In-depth discussion of individual pathogenic bacteria in a system-oriented approach - Includes a clinical overview for each major bacterial group - Presents the latest information on vaccine development, molecular technology, and diagnostic technology - More than 100 chapters covering all major groups of bacteria - Written by an international panel of authors who are experts in their respective disciplines

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tang, Yi-Wei

Liu, Dongyou

Sussman, Max

Poxton, Ian

Schwartzman, Joseph

Leseproben

List of Contributors

Ernesto Abel-Santos,     University of Nevada – Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA

Soman N. Abraham,     Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

Shin-Ichi Aizawa,     Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Michael J. Aldape,     US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boise, Idaho, USA

David C. Alexander,     Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

David G. Allison,     University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Sebastian G.B. Amyes,     University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Burt E. Anderson,     University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

Frank J. Anderson,     Defence Threat Reduction Agency, Ft. Belvoir, VA, USA

Haike Antelmann,     Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

Frank W. Austin,     Mississippi State University, MS, USA

Nieves Ayllón,     SaBio. Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC-CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ciudad Real, Spain

Fang Bai,     Nankai University, Tianjin, China

Angela Silva Barbosa,     Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

Michael R. Barer,     Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

Gregory S. Basarab,     AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Waltham, MA, USA

Blaine L. Beaman,     University of California School of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Davis, California, USA

Matthew Beard,     Syntaxin Ltd., Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK

Carolyn M. Black

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA

Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA USA

Garry W. Blakely,     University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Patrick Boiron

Université de Lyon, F-69622, Lyon, France

Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France

Research Group on Bacterial Opportunistic Pathogens and Environment, CNRS, Ecologie Microbienne, UMR5557, Faculté de Pharmacie, F-69373 Lyon, France

VetAgro Sup, F-69280 Marcy l’Etoile, France

Hicham Bouabe,     The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK

Joel A. Bozue,     United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD, USA

Cassandra L. Brinkman,     Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

Robert R. Brubaker,     University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Amy E. Bryant,     US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boise, Idaho, USA

Robert J. Cain,     University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Ana Cristina Calvo,     University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

Eneas Carvalho,     Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

Christian Capo,     Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France

Santiago Castillo-Ramirez,     Center For Genomic Sciences (UNAM), Mexico

John A. Chaddock,     Syntaxin Ltd., Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK

Robin R. Chamberland,     Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

Jill E. Clarridge III.

VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA

University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Christopher K. Cote,     United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD, USA

Sarah L. Cox,     University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Sally J. Cutler,     University of East London, London, UK

Donald J. Davidson,     University of Edinburgh/MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, Edinburgh, UK

Nicholas P.J. Day

Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

José de la Fuente

SaBio. Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC-CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ciudad Real, Spain

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA

Magdia De Jesus,     School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA

Julia R. Dorin,     University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Charles J. Dorman,     Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Ann E. Eakin,     AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Waltham, MA, USA

Paul G. Egland,     Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, USA

Simon Ellis,     Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Mark C. Enright,     University of Bath, Bath, UK

Benjamin A. Evans,     Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK

Jake A. Everett,     Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA

Joseph O. Falkinham,     Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA

Feinan Fan,     Guangdong Medical College, Shenzhen, China

Huizhou Fan,     Rutgers University Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, USA

Alexandra Faulds-Pain,     London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Edward J. Feil,     University of Bath, Bath, UK

Cesar J. Figueroa,     Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

Åke Forsberg,     Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Timothy J. Foster,     Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Sandra M. Fox-Moon,     University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA

Tatiana Rodrigues Fraga,     Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil

David N. Fredricks,     Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA

Nancy E. Freitag,     University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

María-Luisa García-López,     University of León, León, Spain

Debora Garzetti,     Max von Pettenkofer-Institute, LMU, Munich, Germany

Curtis G. Gemmell

Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

Joan A. Geoghegan,     Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Thomas P. Gillis,     National Hansen’s Disease Programs, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

Michael S. Gilmore,     Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Robert J....