Host-Pathogen Interactions in Streptococcal Diseases

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chhatwal, G. Singh. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 368
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Microbiology.; Vaccines.; Public health.; Bacteriology.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.; Vaccine.; Molecular Medicine.; Public Health.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36340-5

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 sp...

Table of Contents:

• Group A Streptococcal Diseases and Their Global Burden
• Molecular Markers for the Study of Streptococcal Epidemiology
• Epidemiology and Pathogenicity of Zoonotic Streptococci
• Adherence and Invasion of Streptococci to Eukaryotic Cells and Their Role in Disease Pathogenesis
• Common Regulators of Virulence in Streptococci
• Host-Pathogen Interactions in Streptococcal Immune Sequelae
• Immunopathogenesis of Streptococcal Deep Tissue Infections
• Modulation of the Coagulation System During Severe Streptococcal Disease
• Group A Streptococcal Vaccine Candidates: Potential for the Development of a Human Vaccine
• Clinical Management of the Most Common Group A ø-Hemolytic Streptococcal Infections.