Clostridia in Gastrointestinal Disease

List of contents

1. Clostridia in the Human Gastrointestinal Flora 2. Infant Botulism 3. Evidence for Clostridia Involvement in Pneumatosis Cytoides Intestinalis 4. Role of Clostridia in the Pathogenesis of Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis 5. Pig-Bel 6. Clostridium Perfringens Type A Food Poisoning 7. Pseudomembranous and Antibiotic-Associated Colitis 8. Clostridia and Human Colorectal Cancer 9. Histopathology of Clostridial Gut Disease in Man 10. Clostridial Disease of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Animals 11. Newly Described Clostridial Disease of the Gastrointestinal Tract

About the author

Peter. S. Borriello

Summary

This text brings together the information available on established clostridial diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, including the more recent observations with respect to the mechanisms of action, and critically reviews the data available which implicate clostridia in the gastrointestinal diseases of unknown etiology, such as large bowl cancer.

Product details

• Authors: BORRIELLO, Peter. S. Borriello
• Assisted by: S. Peter Borriello (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781315891613
• ISBN: 978-1-315-89161-3
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Microbiology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology, molecular biology