000 02386 a2200253 4500
999 _c129858
_d129858
005 20200904135342.0
008 200904b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020 _a9781555819408
082 _aQW50
_bWIL
100 _aWilson, Brenda A.
_91937
245 _aBacterial pathogenesis:
_ba molecular approach
250 _a4th ed.
260 _aWashington, DC :
_bASM Press,
_c2019
300 _axxii, 683 p. : illustrations (chiefly color) ;
_c28 cm.
500 _aContents: The powers of bacteria -- Skin and muccosa: the first lines of defense against bacterial infections -- The innate immune system: always on guard -- The adaptive defenses: antibodies and cytotoxic T cells -- The microbiota of the human body: microbiomes and beyond -- Microbes and disease: establishing a connection -- Mechanisms of genetic modification and exchange: role in pathogen evolution -- Identification of virulence factors: measuring infectivity and virulence -- Identification of virulence factors: molecular approaches for bacterial factors -- Identification of virulence factors: molecular approaches for host factors -- Bacterial strategies for colonization and survival in the host -- Toxins and other toxic virulence factors -- Delivery of virulence factors -- Virulence regulation -- Antimicrobial compounds and their targets -- Antibiotic resistance -- Vaccination: a critical component of the modern medical armamentarium -- The gram-positive opportunistic pathogens -- The gram-negative opportunistic pathogens -- The changing roles of microbiologists in an age of bioterrorism and emerging diseases -- Glossary -- Index.
520 _a Summary: Completely revised and updated to capture new research findings, the third edition of this best-selling text is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to bacterial pathogenesis for both students and researchers. The authors integrate material from pathogenic microbiology, molecular biology, immunology, and human physiology to provide a complete but accessible overview of the field.
650 _aBacterial diseases - Pathogenesis
_92055
650 _aBacteria - pathogenicity
_92056
650 _aMolecular microbiology
_92057
650 _aBacterial Infections - etiology
_92058
700 _aWinkler, Malcolm E.,
_92059
700 _aHo, Brian T. (Brian Thomas)
_92060
942 _cBK