| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 293 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Diphtheria and its Etiological Agents / Andreas Burkovski -- Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis--General Aspects / Ana Luíza de Mattos Guaraldi, Júnior Raphael Hirata, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho Azevedo -- Comparative Genomics and Pathogenicity Islands of Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium ulcerans, and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis / Eva Trost and Andreas Tauch -- Corynephages: Infections of the Infectors / Vartul Sangal and Paul A. Hoskisson -- Toxin Structure, Delivery and Action / Başak Varol, Bilge Özerman Edis and Muhammet Bektaş -- Iron Acquisition and Iron-Dependent Gene Expression in Corynebacterium diphtheriae / Michael P. Schmitt -- Assembly and Function of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Pili / Melissa E. Reardon-Robinson and Hung Ton-That -- Toxigenic Corynebacteria: Adhesion, Invasion and Host Response / Lisa Ott and Andreas Burkovski -- Detection Methods for Laboratory Diagnosis of Diphtheria / Anja Berger, Michael Hogardt, Regina Konrad and Andreas Sing -- Diphtheria Surveillance / Karen S. Wagner, Katherina Zakikhany, Joanne M. White, Gayatri Amirthalingam [and 2 others] -- History of Diphtheria Vaccine Development / Rino Rappuoli and Enrico Malito -- Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Treatment / Aleksandra Anna Zasada -- Sialidases of Corynebacteria and their Biotechnological Applications / Seonghun Kim, Doo-Byoung Oh and Ohsuk Kwon -- Molecular Genetic Tools for Research in Corynebacterium diphtheriae / Diana M. Oram -- Diphtheria Toxin Based Molecules as Therapeutic Approaches / Ingo Schubert |
| Summary |
Corynebacterium diphtheriae is the classical etiological agent of diphtheria and the type strain of the genus Corynebacterium. While diphtheria of the respiratory tract became rare with the introduction of vaccination programs in industrialized countries, even today several thousand cases per year are reported to the World Health Organization. This shows that diphtheria is not completely eradicated and that reservoirs exist. The book summarizes the latest advances made in understanding C. diphtheriae and the closely related species Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. Topics addressed are genomics of toxigenic corynebacteria, host-pathogen-interaction, detection, surveillance and treatment as well as application aspects |
| Analysis |
Medical Microbiology |
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Bacteriology |
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Epidemiology |
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Parasitology |
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Microbial Genetics and Genomics |
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Biomedicine |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 4, 2013) |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae
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MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Burkovski, Andreas, editor
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| ISBN |
9789400776241 |
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9400776241 |
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9400776233 |
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9789400776234 |
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