Bacteriology of Tuberculosis.
Title:
Bacteriology of Tuberculosis.
Author:
Darzins, Egons.
ISBN:
9780816662036
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1 online resource (501 pages)
Contents:
CONTENTS -- Part One. Morphology and Cytology of the Tubercle Bacillus -- I. TUBERCLE BACILLUS AS A UNICELLULAR ORGANISM -- II. PHYSICAL METHODS IN IDENTIFYING CELL STRUCTURES -- III. BIOLOGICAL METHODS IN IDENTIFYING CELL STRUCTURES -- IV. CHEMICAL METHODS IN IDENTIFYING CELL STRUCTURES -- V. THE BACTERIAL CELL AND THE METAZOAN CELL -- Part Two. Sources of Energy and Growth of the Tubercle Bacillus -- VI. OXIDATION, FERMENTATION, AND GROWTH OF THE TUBERCLE BACILLUS -- VII. THE ACTION OF FATTY ACIDS, SALICYLATES, AND BENZOATES ON TUBERCLE BACILLI -- VIII. SOURCES OF CARBON -- IX. SOURCES OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS -- X. THE MINERAL REQUIREMENTS OF TUBERCLE BACILLI -- XI. GROWTH FACTORS AND TRACE ELEMENTS -- Part Three. The Isolation and Identification of the Tubercle Bacillus -- XII. THE COLLECTION OF TUBERCULOUS MATERIAL -- XIII. DIAGNOSTIC STAINING OF TUBERCLE BACILLI -- XIV. FLUORESCENCE AND PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY AS DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES -- XV. CULTIVATION OF TUBERCLE BACILLI -- XVI. THE SHAKING-PRECIPITATION (SP) METHOD -- XVII. SUBMERGED GROWTH -- XVIII. DISPERSED GROWTH -- XIX. EFFICACY OF MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION, CULTURE, AND ANIMAL INOCULATION -- XX. QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF TUBERCLE BACILLI IN SPUTUM -- Part Four. The Types and Pathogenicity of the Tubercle Bacillus -- XXI. DO FIXED TYPES OF TUBERCLE BACILLI EXIST? -- XXII. METHODS OF DETERMINING VIRULENCE -- Part Five. Experimenting with the Tubercle Bacillus -- XXIII. PROBLEMS IN EXPERIMENTING WITH TUBERCLE BACILLI -- XXIV. ESTIMATING THE ANTITUBERCULOUS ACTIVITY OF A NEW DRUG -- XXV. THE GUINEA PIG IN EXPERIMENTAL TUBERCULOSIS -- XXVI. THE RABBIT IN EXPERIMENTAL TUBERCULOSIS -- XXVII. THE MOUSE IN EXPERIMENTAL TUBERCULOSIS -- XXVIII. THE HAMSTER IN EXPERIMENTAL TUBERCULOSIS -- XXIX. CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANE AND CHICK EMBRYO IN EXPERIMENTAL TUBERCULOSIS.
XXX. HAZARDS AND PRECAUTIONS IN THE LABORATORY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- AUTHOR INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- SUBJECT INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
The Bacteriology of Tuberculosis was first published in 1958. Although tuberculosis is one disease against which, it may be said with little argument, medical science has scored tremendous victories, the goal of complete conquest still lies ahead. To fix accurate sights for that goal, a thorough understanding of the present status of knowledge about the disease is needed. This volume is published in response to that need. Through an exhaustive study of the literature on tuberculosis bacteriology from the late nineteenth century to the present, Dr. Darzins presents a comprehensive account of the knowledge and practices which have developed in this field. An important aspect is the discussion of the relatively new problems raised in bacteriological science by recent advances in the use of chemotherapeutics, antibiotics, and surgery for the treatment of tuberculosis. The first section is devoted to the morphology and cytology of the tubercle bacillus. Here Dr. Darzins outlines the physical, biological, and chemical methods of identifying cell structures. In the next section he considers the sources of energy and growth of the bacillus. He proceeds in the following section to a discussion of the methods of isolating and identifying the bacillus. The fourth part deals with a major problem of tuberculosis bacteriology, that of distinguishing the types of bacilli and determining their pathogenicity. In the final section he considers the problems of experimental work and points out the hazards and the need for precautions in laboratory work.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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