Advances in Understanding Kingella kingae

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: St. Geme, III, Joseph W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Immunology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Infectious diseases.; Epidemiology.; Bacteriology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Medical Microbiology.

This book describes the growing body of information on the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of Kingella kingae infections in young children. In addition, it covers experimental methods that have been developed to study the microbiology, gene...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Microbiology, Genomics, and Population Structure
• Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of Kingella kingae Disease
• Pathogenesis of Kingella kingae Disease
• Carriage and Transmission of Kingella kingae
• Advances in Diagnosis of Kingella kingae Disease
• Antibiotic Susceptibility of Kingella kinage
• Kingella kingae Treatment and Antibiotic Prophylaxis
• Experimental Methods for Studying Kingella kingae.