Bacterial Pathogens and Their Virulence Factors

• Main Author: Johnson, Douglas I. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Infectious diseases.; Bacteriology.; Medical microbiology.; Infectious Diseases.; Medical Microbiology.

Bacterial Pathogens and their Virulence Factors contains a detailed description of 32 major bacterial pathogens that affect human health and their associated virulence determinants.  Chapter 1 gives an overview of the different types and classes of general virulence factors involved in host cell adh...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Bacterial Virulence Factors
• Part I. Gram-Positive Bacterial Pathogens
• Bacillus spp.- Clostridium spp.- Corynebacterium spp
• Enterococcus spp
• Listeria spp
• Mycobacterium spp
• Propionibacterium spp.- Staphylococcus spp
• Streptococcus spp
• Part II. Gram-Negative Bacterial Pathogens
• Bacteroides spp
• Bordetella spp
• Borrelia spp.- Campylobacter spp
• Escherichia spp
• Francisella spp
• Haemophilus spp
• Helicobacter spp.- Klebsiella spp
• Legionella spp
• Leptospira spp
• Neisseria spp
• Nocardia spp
• Proteus spp
• Pseudomonas spp.- Rickettsia spp.- Salmonella spp
• Shigella spp
• Treponema spp
• Vibrio spp
• Yersinia spp
• Chlamydia spp
• Mycoplasma spp
• Anti-Virulence Factor Therapeutics.