TY  - BOOK
TI  - Gram-positive pathogens
U1  - 576.165 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Washington
PB  - ASM Press
KW  - Pathogens Microorganims
KW  - Gram-Positive Bacteria
N1  - Section I The Gram-Positive Cell Wall Section
1. Ultrastructure of Gram-Positive Cell Walls
2. Surface Proteins on Gram-Positive Bacteria

Section II The Streptococcus Section
A. Group A  Streptococci
3. Intracellular Invasion by Streptococcus pyogenes: Invasins, Host Receptors, and Relevance to Human Disease
4. Capsular Polysaccharide of Group A Streptococci
5. Toxins and Superantigens of Group A Streptococci
6. Genetics of Group A Streptococci
7. Cross-Reactive Antigens of Group A Streptococci
8. Extracellular Matrix Interactions with Gram-Positive Pathogens
9. Streptococcus-Mediated Host Cell Signaling
10. Vaccine Approaches To Protect against Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis
11. The Bacteriophages of Group A Streptococci
12. Molecular Epidemiology, Ecology, and Evolution of Group A Streptococci
13. Pathogenic Mechanisms and Virulence Factors of Group B Streptococci

B. Group B Streptococci
14. Surface Structures of Group B Streptococci Important in Human Immunity
15. Epidemiology of Group B Streptococcal Infections

C. Group C and D Streptococci
16. Genetics and Pathogenicity Factors of Groups C and G Streptococci
17. Pathogenicity Factors in Groups C and G Streptococci
18. Group C and Group G Streptococcal Infections: Epidemiologic and Clinical Aspects

D. Streptococcus Pneumoniae
19. The Cell Wall of Streptococcus pneumoniae
20. Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsular Polysaccharide
21. Streptococcus pneumoniae: Invasion and Inflammation
22. Phase Variation of Streptococcus pneumoniae
23. Genetics of Streptococcus pneumoniae
24. Pneumococcal Vaccines

E. Enterococci
25. Pathogenicity of Enterococci
26. Enterococcal Genetics

F. Oral Streptococci
27. Pathogenesis of Oral Streptococci
28. The Virulence Properties of Streptococcus mutans
29. Genetics of sanguinis Group Streptococci

G. Lactococci
30. Genetics of Lactococci

Section III The Staphylococcus
31. Diagnostics, Typing, and Taxonomy
32. The Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 8325 Genome
33. Genetics: Accessory Elements and Genetic Exchange
34. Carbohydrate Catabolism: Pathways and Regulation
35. Respiration and Small-Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus
36. The Staphylococcal Cell Wall
37. Staphylococcal Capsule
38. Staphylococcus aureus Exotoxins
39. Extracellular Enzymes
40. Staphylococcal Sortases and Surface Proteins
41. Staphylococcal Pathogenesis and Pathogenicity Factors: Genetics and Regulation
42. Staphylococcus aureus--Eukaryotic Cell Interactions
43. The Epidemiology of Staphylococcus Infections
44. Animal Models of Experimental Staphylococcus aureus Infection
45. Cellular and Extracellular Defenses against Staphylococcal Infections
46. Biology and Pathogenicity of Staphylococcus epidermidis
47. Biology and Pathogenicity of Staphylococci Other than Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis
48. Antibiotic Resistance in the Staphylococci

Section IV The Listeriae
49. Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of Listeria monocytogenes Infection
50. Listeria monocytogenes Infection of Mice: an Elegant Probe To Dissect Innate and T-Cell Immune Responses
51. Genetic Tools for Use with Listeria monocytogenes
52. Regulation of Virulence Genes in Pathogenic Listeria spp.
53. The Cell Biology of Invasion and Intracellular Growth by Listeria monocytogenes

Section V Spore-Forming Pathogens and Gram-Positive Members of the Actinomycetales
54. Bacillus anthracis
55. Clostridial Genetics
56. Neurotoxigenic Clostridia
57. Enterotoxic Clostridia: Clostridium perfringens Type A and Clostridium difficile
58. Histotoxic Clostridia

Actinomycetales
59. Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Iron-Mediated Activation of DtxR and Regulation of Diphtheria Toxin Expression
60. Actinomyces and Arcanobacterium spp.: Host-Microbe Interactions
61. The Pathogenesis of Nocardia

Section VI Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms
62. Mechanisms of Resistance to ss-Lactam Antibiotics
63. Resistance to Glycopeptides in Gram-Positive Pathogens
64. Tetracycline Resistance Determinants in Gram-Positive Bacteria
65. Mechanisms of Quinolone Resistance

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