Host-Pathogen Interactions in Streptococcal Diseases

This volume comprehensively covers various aspects of streptococcal diseases. It will be a useful reference work for clinicians, microbiologists, public health workers, students of medicine and microbiology as well as a large number of scientists working in this field.

List of contents

Group A Streptococcal Diseases and Their Global Burden.- Molecular Markers for the Study of Streptococcal Epidemiology.- Epidemiology and Pathogenicity of Zoonotic Streptococci.- Adherence and Invasion of Streptococci to Eukaryotic Cells and Their Role in Disease Pathogenesis.- Common Regulators of Virulence in Streptococci.- Host-Pathogen Interactions in Streptococcal Immune Sequelae.- Immunopathogenesis of Streptococcal Deep Tissue Infections.- Modulation of the Coagulation System During Severe Streptococcal Disease.- Group A Streptococcal Vaccine Candidates: Potential for the Development of a Human Vaccine.- Clinical Management of the Most Common Group A beta-Hemolytic Streptococcal Infections.

Summary

Streptococci are Gram-positive bacteria that cause a wide spectrum of diseases, such as pharyngitis, necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, as well as rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease as sequelae. Antibiotics alone have not been able to control the disease and in spite of many efforts an effective vaccine is not yet available. A prerequisite for novel and successful strategies for combating these bacteria is a complete understanding of the highly complex pathogenic mechanisms involved, which are analyzed in this volume. In ten chapters, prominent authors cover various aspects including streptococcal diseases and global burden, epidemiology, adaptation and transmission, and molecular mechanisms of different diseases, as well as sequelae, vaccine development and clinical management. This book will serve as a valuable reference work for scientists, students, clinicians and public health workers and provide new approaches to meeting the challenge of streptococcal diseases.

Product details

• Assisted by: G Singh Chhatwal (Editor), G. Singh Chhatwal (Editor), Singh Chhatwal (Editor), G Singh Chhatwal (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.01.2013
• EAN: 9783642363399
• ISBN: 978-3-642-36339-9
• No. of pages: 255
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 21 mm x 243 mm
• Weight: 556 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 255 p.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology; Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Microbiology; B, Medical research, Immunology, Microbiology (non-medical), Public Health und Präventivmedizin, Mikrobiologie (nicht-medizinisch), Public Health, molecular biology, microbiology, Pharmacology, Public health & preventive medicine, Vaccine, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Bacteriology, Medical Microbiology, Biomedical Research, Molecular Medicine, Vaccines