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Host-Pathogen Interactions in Streptococcal Diseases

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. G. Singh Chhatwal

    1. , Dept. of Medical Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

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  • A useful reference work for everyone working in the field of streptococcal infections and their sequelae
  • Provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview ?
  • Written by leading authorities in the subject area
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology (CT MICROBIOLOGY, volume 368)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Group A Streptococcal Diseases and Their Global Burden

    • Anna P. Ralph, Jonathan R. Carapetis
    Pages 1-27

  3. Molecular Markers for the Study of Streptococcal Epidemiology

    • David J. McMillan, Martina L. Sanderson-Smith, Pierre Robert Smeesters, Kadaba S. Sriprakash
    Pages 29-48

  4. Epidemiology and Pathogenicity of Zoonotic Streptococci

    • Marcus Fulde, Peter Valentin-Weigand
    Pages 49-81

  5. Adherence and Invasion of Streptococci to Eukaryotic Cells and their Role in Disease Pathogenesis

    • Manfred Rohde, G. Singh Chhatwal
    Pages 83-110

  6. Common Regulators of Virulence in Streptococci

    • Nadja Patenge, Tomas Fiedler, Bernd Kreikemeyer
    Pages 111-153

  7. Host–Pathogen Interactions in Streptococcal Immune Sequelae

    • D. Patric Nitsche-Schmitz, Gursharan S. Chhatwal
    Pages 155-171

  8. Immunopathogenesis of Streptococcal Deep Tissue Infections

    • Linda Johansson, Anna Norrby-Teglund
    Pages 173-188

  9. Modulation of the Coagulation System During Severe Streptococcal Disease

    • Oonagh Shannon, Heiko Herwald, Sonja Oehmcke
    Pages 189-205

  10. Group A Streptococcal Vaccine Candidates: Potential for the Development of a Human Vaccine

    • Anna Henningham, Christine M. Gillen, Mark J. Walker
    Pages 207-242

  11. Clinical Management of the Most Common Group A β-Hemolytic Streptococcal Infections

    • Edward L. Kaplan
    Pages 243-252

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 253-255
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Streptococci are Gram-positive bacteria that cause a wide spectrum of diseases, such as pharyngitis, necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, as well as rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease as sequelae. Antibiotics alone have not been able to control the disease and in spite of many efforts an effective vaccine is not yet available. A prerequisite for novel and successful strategies for combating these bacteria is a complete understanding of the highly complex pathogenic mechanisms involved, which are analyzed in this volume. In ten chapters, prominent authors cover various aspects including streptococcal diseases and global burden, epidemiology, adaptation and transmission, and molecular mechanisms of different diseases, as well as sequelae, vaccine development and clinical management. This book will serve as a valuable reference work for scientists, students, clinicians and public health workers and provide new approaches to meeting the challenge of streptococcal diseases.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Dept. of Medical Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

    G. Singh Chhatwal

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