Microbiology and Aging Clinical Manifestations /
The microbiological burden on an aging host is enormous, and clinically significant. As humans are living longer there is a greater propensity to infection. This risk is substantially heightened in elderly individuals who are predisposed to infection. Do the microbiological changes that occur within...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Totowa, NJ :
Humana Press,
2009.
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| Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-327-1 |
Table of Contents:
- Aging Theories, Infection and Microorganisms
- Indigenous Microbiota and Association with the Host
- Infections in the Elderly
- Skin Aging and Microbiology
- Lung Infections and Aging
- Influenza in the Elderly
- Changes in Oral Microflora and Host Defences with Advanced Age
- Influence of the Gut Microbiota with Aging
- A Gut Reaction: Aging affects Gut- Associated Immunity
- Clostridium and the Aging Gut
- Helicobacter pylori acquisition and the hygiene hypothesis
- Probiotics and the aging gut
- Autisim and children: The microbiology Theory
- Decomposition of human remains.