Medical microbiology and virology

This compendium is the result of the FEMS Workshop on "e;Rapid Diagnosis of Mycoplasmas"e; which I organized and which took place in Jerusalem, Israel, August 11-23, 1991.

There is considerable interest in thermophile microorganisms, in their environments, their ability to survive at temperatures which normally denature proteins, but more importantly, as a valuable resource for bio- technology.

The time seems ripe for a critical compendium of that segment of the biological universe we call viruses.

Infections and their complications are a very Additionally, they have a responsibility to ensure important clinical area in the intensive care that nosocomial infections are prevented and unit setting.

Much research over the past 30 to 40 years has shown that the inflammatory response, while critical for host defense during microbial infection, may itself play a central role in the pathogenesis of sepsis.

Infection Control in the ICU Environment provides the details of the most common infection control problems facing intensive care units.

Advances in DNA sequencing and phylogenetic inference have created powerful methods to investigate many dangerous human viruses.

North American Parasitic Zoonoses provides a concise and useful review of essential information about parasitic zoonotic diseases.

Leishmania parasites cause a diverse group of diseases endemic to many tropical and subtropical regions of the world.

In 1996 the International Committee for Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) recognized the name Nidovirales, as the formal name for Coronaviridae and A rteriviridae.

The discovery and concept that Helicobacter pylori is associated with gastric disease including gastric cancer which is one of the most common and frequently lethal forms of malignancy, heralded a new and rapidly expanding field recognizing the emergence of many new pathogens and disease syndromes in clinical medicine, as well as basic infectious disease research.

PAS proteins control numerous physiological and developmental events, and span phylogeny from bacteria to man.

The evolution ofdata about the HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome has been rapid.

Volume Allergic Diseases is a comprehensive, multi-authored reference work, offering a broad appeal to microbiologists, immunologists, and infectious disease specialists.

After almost fifteen years in the laboratory and in the test plots, bioengineered crops arrived to the market in the mid-1990s.

In Vivo EPR (ESR) is a textbook on this relatively new subject in biomedical electron spin resonance.

New Bacterial Vaccines focuses upon unfulfilled needs for bacterial vaccines.

Severe Infections Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa emphasizes controversies worldwide in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and pathogenesis of pseudomonas aeruginosa infections.

Integrating Population Outcomes, Biological Mechanisms and Research Methods in the Study of Human Milk and Lactation is the product of the 10th Conference of the International Society for Research on Human Milk and Lactation, held on September 15-19, 2000, in Tucson, Arizona.

This book discusses recent developments in several laboratories studying leishmaniasis.

Glycosylation is a common and extremely important modification in biological molecules, particularly of proteins.

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Volume Immunodeficiency Diseases in Springer's gold-standard reference work on medical immunology focuses on infectious diseases.

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This book focuses on the function of antibodies in vivo.

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This book illustrates the intimate relationship between alveolar macrophages and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.

This SpringerBrief on Spx reviews the investigations that led to the discovery of Spx and its orthologs and ties together the results of various studies that have explored the function and control of spx in Gram-positive organisms.

This SpringerBrief is comprehensive account of the functions and effects of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) EBNA1 protein that relate to EBV-associated cancers and evidence for EBNA1 contributions to these cancers.

The collection of chapters in this proceeding volume reflects the latest research presented at the Aegean meeting on Tumor Microenvironment and Cellular Stress held in Crete in Fall of 2012.

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As the population of patients with acute or chronic kidney disease grows, healthcare professionals need a resource that optimizes drug effectiveness while minimizing potential toxicity.

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Astroviruses were first identified in the feces of children in 1975.

Development of new-generation vaccines is now more challenging than ever, as identifying, purifying and evaluating vaccine antigens is a complex undertaking.

This next volume in the series will provide up to date Information and discussion on future approach to control several challenging Infectious Disease worldwide.

Given rapid research progress and advance of the techniques in studying HIV interactions with host cells and factors, there is a critical need for a book on HIV interactions with DCs.

In contrast to the substantial literature that focuses upon innate immune signaling in the gut, there is remarkably less known about the response of the airway to bacterial pathogens.

The book starts with a general introduction into the relevance of systems biology for understanding tuberculosis.

This book details recent findings in the field of cave microbiology and builds on fast-paced efforts to exploit an unconventional and underexplored environment for new microorganisms which may provide an untapped source of drugs: microorganisms from caves.

In the United States, hospitals annually report over 5 million cases of infectious-disease-related illnesses: clinical microbiology laboratories in these hospitals are engaged in detecting and identifying the pathogenic microorganisms in clinical specimens collected from these patients with suspected infections.

This book is a collection of articles written by prominent scientists who gathered in the city of Recife, Brazil, 23-27 October 2010, celebrating the 10th International Symposium on Yersinia.

In multicellular organisms the establishment, maintenance, and programmed alterations of cell-type specific gene expression patterns are regulated by epigenetic mechanisms.

This book will be a comprehensive study of the lymphatic system and its immunological role.