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Campylobacter.
Title:
Campylobacter.
Author:
Nachmkin, Irving.
ISBN:
9781555815554
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Edition:
3rd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (734 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- I. The Organism -- 1. Taxonomy of the Family Campylobacteraceae -- 2. Population Biology of Campylobacter jejuni and Related Organisms -- 3. Complexity and Versatility in the Physiology and Metabolism of Campylobacter jejuni -- 4. Comparative Genomics of Campylobacter jejuni -- 5. Comparative Genomics of Campylobacter Species Other Than Campylobacter jejuni -- II. Clinical and Epidemiologic Aspects of Campylobacter Infections -- 6. Clinical Aspects of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli Infections -- 7. Clinical Significance of Campylobacter and Related Species Other Than Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli -- 8. Burden of Illness of Campylobacteriosis and Sequelae -- 9. Epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni Infections in Industrialized Nations -- 10. Molecular Epidemiology of Campylobacter Species -- 11. Isolation, Identification, Subspecies Differentiation, and Typing of Campylobacter fetus -- 12. Diagnosis and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Campylobacter Species -- 13. Guillain-Barre ́Syndrome and Campylobacter Infection -- 14. Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance in Campylobacter -- 15. National Molecular Subtyping Network for Food-Borne Bacterial Disease Surveillance in the United States -- III. Pathogenesis and Immunity -- 16. Interaction of Campylobacter jejuni with Host Cells -- 17. Cell Biology of Human Host Cell Entry by Campylobacter jejuni -- 18. Campylobacter jejuni Secretes Proteins via the Flagellar Type III Secretion System That Contribute to Host Cell Invasion and Gastroenteritis -- 19. Innate Immunity in Campylobacter Infections -- 20. Chemosensory Signal Transduction Pathway of Campylobacter jejuni -- 21. Animal Models of Campylobacter jejuni Infections -- 22. Rabbit Model of Guillain-BarreŚyndrome -- 23. Pathogenesis of Campylobacter fetus.

24. Development of a Human Vaccine -- IV. Glycobiology -- 25. N-Linked Protein Glycosylation in Campylobacter -- 26. O-Linked Flagellar Glycosylation in Campylobacter -- 27. Campylobacter jejuni Lipooligosaccharides: Structures and Biosynthesis -- 28. Campylobacter jejuni Capsular Polysaccharide -- 29. Campylobacter Metabolomics -- V. Genes and Gene Expression -- 30. Regulation of Flagellar Gene Expression and Assembly -- 31. Natural Competence and Transformation in Campylobacter -- 32. Survival Strategies of Campylobacter jejuni: Stress Responses, the Viable but Nonculturable State, and Biofilms -- 33. Iron Metabolism, Transport, and Regulation -- 34. Regulation of Genes in Campylobacter jejuni -- VI. Food Safety and Intervention -- 35. Campylobacter in the Food Supply -- 36. Transmission of Antibiotic Resistance from Food Animals to Humans -- 37. Poultry Colonization with Campylobacter and Its Control at the Primary Production Level -- 38. Bacteriophage Therapy and Campylobacter -- 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.
Abstract:
The understanding of clinical aspects, epidemiology, pathogenesis, genomic diversity, and glycobiology of Campylobacter infection has greatly increased.  Organized into six sections with thirty-eight chapters, this volume begins with chapters detailing the campylobacter organism.
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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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