Molecular Mechanisms in Legionella Pathogenesis

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hilbi, Hubert (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 376
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Molecular biology.; Infectious diseases.; Bacteriology.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.; Infectious Diseases.; Molecular Medicine.

Legionnaires’ disease, a potentially fatal type of pneumonia primarily affecting elderly and immuno-compromised persons, is caused by the ubiquitous environmental bacterium Legionella pneumophila. This book offers authoritative reviews of different facets of its virulence, focusing on comparative ph...