Microbiology and Aging Clinical Manifestations /
The microbiological burden on an aging host is enormous, and clinically significant. As humans are living longer there is a greater propensity to infection. This risk is substantially heightened in elderly individuals who are predisposed to infection. Do the microbiological changes that occur within...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Totowa, NJ :
Humana Press,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- Ageing Theories, Diseases and Microorganisms
- Indigenous Microbiota and Association with the Host
- Infections in the Elderly
- Skin Aging and Microbiology
- Lung Infections and Aging
- Influenza in the Elderly
- Changes in Oral Microflora and Host Defences with Advanced Age
- Influence of the Gut Microbiota with Ageing
- A Gut Reaction: Aging Affect Gut-Associated Immunity
- Clostridium and The Ageing Gut
- The Significance of Helicobacter Pylori Acquisition and the Hygiene Hypothesis
- Probiotics and the Ageing Gut
- Microbiological Theory of Autism in Childhood
- Decomposition of Human Remains.
