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Staphylococci remain the most important cause of hospital-acquired infections in the U.S. and MRSA has become the most common cause of skin and soft tissue infection in many parts of the world. There is now a much greater understanding of the physiology and evolution of the staphylococci and this new edition reflects the rapid advancements in knowledge about this pathogen and provides a comprehensive review from both clinical and basic science perspectives. The first section addresses the basic biology of the staphylococci, their molecular genetics, host defenses and host evasion, virulence determinants, mechanisms of antibiotic resistance, and laboratory techniques. The second section deals with epidemiology, and the third section provides an overview of the varied clinical manifestations of human staphylococcal infections. The fourth section covers prevention and treatment of these often life-threatening infections. Written by experts from around the globe, this book is essential reading for all clinicians and basic scientists studying the staphylococci.
| ISBN | 1405163321 | | Pages | 640 | | ISBN13 | 9781405163323
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 2028 | | Imprint | Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) | | Published in | Chicester | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 286 | | Publication date | 02 Oct 2009 | | Width (mm) | 225 | | Library of Congress | 2009004429 | | Spine width (mm) | 35 | | DEWEY | 616.9297 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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| Sect. I | | The Organisms | | 1 | | | | Biology and Taxonomy | | 3 | | 1 | | The Biology of Staphylococci by Greg A. Somerville and Richard A. Proctor | | 3 | | 2 | | Genomics of the Staphylococci by Steven R. Gill | | 19 | | 3 | | Evolution and Taxonomy of Staphylococci by Barun Mathema and Jose R. Mediavilla and Liang Chen and Barry N. Kreiswirth | | 31 | | 4 | | Molecular Basis of Pathogenicity by Mark S. Smeltzer and Chia Y. Lee and Nada Harik and Mark E. Hart | | 65 | | 5 | | Adaptation to Stress: Biofilms and Small-colony Variants by Karl M. Thompson and Kimberly K. Jefferson | | 109 | | 6 | | Exotoxins by Patrick M. Schlievert and John K. McCormick and Gregory A. Bohach and Douglas H. Ohlendorf | | 125 | | 7 | | Host Defense Against Staphylococcal Infection | | 147 | | 7a | | Mechanism of Host Defense by Hattie D. Gresham | | 147 | | 7b | | Evasion of Host Defenses by Timothy J. Foster | | 158 | | | | Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococci | | 170 | | 8 | | Resistance to [beta]-Lactam Antibiotics by Brigitte Berger-Bachi and Maria Magdalena Senn and Miriam Ender and Kati Seidl and Judith Hubscher and Bettina Schulthess and Roni Heusser and Patricia Stutzmann Meier and Nadine McCallum | | 170 | | 9 | | Resistance to Glycopeptides by Keiichi Hiramatsu | | 193 | | 10 | | Resistance to Other Agents by Jacob Strahilevitz and David C. Hooper | | 210 | | | | Laboratory Studies | | 235 | | 11 | | Issues in the Identification and Susceptibility Testing of Staphylococci by Betty A. Forbes | | 235 | | Sect. II | | Epidemiology of Staphylococcal Infection | | 253 | | 12 | | Colonization with Staphylococcus aureus and the Role of Colonization in Causing Infection by Henri A. Verbrugh | | 255 | | 13 | | Epidemiology of Community-associated Staphylococcus aureus Infections by Rachel J. Gorwitz and John A. Jernigan | | 272 | | | More... | | |
"When I started to review this book the thought going through my head was "does the average clinical microbiologist in the UK need a 623 page book just on Staphylococci?" To my surprise I now think the answer is yes; every department should have a copy." (ACP News, Autumn 2010)  Be the first to write a customer review
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