Helicobacter pylori in the 21st century /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2010.
• Series: Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; 17.
• Subjects: Helicobacter pylori infections.; Helicobacter Infections.; Helicobacter pylori.; Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000); Pesticide and Drug Resistance.; Host Resistance and Immunity.; Human Immunology and Allergology, (New March 2000); Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, (New June 2002); Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000); Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000); Genetics and Molecular Biology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000); Man.; Adenocarcinoma.; Antibacterial agents.; Bacterial diseases.; Clinical aspects.; Drug resistance.; Drug therapy.; Epidemiology.; Genetic factors.; Genomics.; Human diseases.; Immune system.; Immunity.; Immunization.; Lipopolysaccharides.; Neoplasms.; Pathogenesis.; Stomach.; Stomach cancer.; Stomach diseases.; Susceptibility.; Vaccination.; Vaccines.; Virulence factors.; Electronic books.
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This book provides a broad overview of the current understanding of Helicobacter pylori emphasizing its world health impacts. It includes 13 chapters organized into 3 parts: "Pathologies and Treatment", "Host Response" and "Bacterial Defence". Part I (5 chapters) review...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword / B. Marshall
• Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection / H.M. Malaty
• Helicobacter pylori infection in Asia / K.M. Fock
• Gastric adenocarcinoma / P. Correa and M.B. Piazuelo
• Antimicrobial resistance and approaches to treatment / F. Mégraud
• Extragastric manifestations of Helicobacter pylori infection / H.M. Mitchell, N.O. Kaakoush and P. Sutton
• Helicobacter pylori-induced acquired immunity and immunoregulation / K. Robinson and J.C. Atherton
• Host genetic factors and susceptibility to Helicobacter pylori pathogenesis / P. Sutton, A.L. Every, and S.N. Harbour
• Innate immune initiators and effectors in Helicobacter pylori infection / M. Kaparakis, C.C. Allison, M.L. Hutton and R.L. Ferrero
• Helicobacter pylori vaccines / T.G. Blanchard and J.G. Nedrud
• Lipopolysaccharides of Helicobacter pylori : importance in gastric adaptation and pathogenesi / A.P. Moran
• Virulence factors of Helicobacter pylori / S. Backert, H. Mimuro, D.A. Israel and R.M. Peek Jr
• Helicobacter pylori adhesion to the gastric surface / S.K. Lindén, A. Arnquist, S. Teneberg and A.P. Moran
• Helicobacteromics : genomics of a highly variable, well-adapted and persistent pathogen / H. de Reuse, M.M. Heimesaat and S. Bereswill.