Tuberculosis and the Tubercle Bacillus,9781555812959

Tuberculosis and the Tubercle Bacillus

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ISBN13: 9781555812959
ISBN10: 1555812953
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-10-15
Publisher(s): Amer Society for Microbiology
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Summary

Second author, Kathleen Davis Eisenach, is with Univ. of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences, Little Rock. Provides clinical and epidemiological features of the disease-causing strains of tuberculosis, exploring genetics and cell structure. Examines various animal models and their roles in vaccine development and testing. DNLM: Tuberculosis--microbiology.

Table of Contents

Contributors vii
Preface xi
Introduction
Historical Perspectives
Global Burden of Tuberculosis: Past, Present, and Future
3(12)
Liz Corbett
Mario Raviglione
Clinical and Epidemiological Perspectives
Overview of Clinical Tuberculosis
15(18)
Philip C. Hopewell
Robert M. Jasmer
Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
33(16)
M. Donald Cave
Megan Murray
Edward Nardell
Diagnostics
Clinical Mycobacteriology (Tuberculosis) Laboratory: Services and Methods
49(22)
Leonid Heifets
Edward Desmond
Immune-Based Methods
71(14)
Suman Laal
Yasir A. W. Skeiky
Molecular Diagnosis of Mycobacterial Infections
85(16)
Betty A. Forbes
Gaby Pfyffer
Kathleen D. Eisenach
Current Therapies and Drug Resistance
Global Impact of Multidrug Resistance
101(14)
Marcos A. Espinal
Max Salfinger
Mechanisms of Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
115(28)
Ying Zhang
Catherine Vilcheze
William R. Jacobs, Jr.
THE ORGANISM MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
Genomics
Introduction to Functional Genomics of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex
143(12)
Priscille Brodin
Caroline Demangel
Stewart T. Cole
Comparative Genomics and Evolution of Mycobacterium bovis BCG
155(10)
Roland Brosch
Marcel A. Behr
TB or Not TB: a Structural Genomics Mission?
165(18)
Celia W. Goulding
Debnath Pal
David Eisenberg
Genetics
Gene Replacement Systems
183(8)
Neil G. Stoker
P. Sander
J. M. Reyrat
Repetitive DNA in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex
191(12)
Stephen V. Gordon
Philip Supply
Mycobacteriophages and Tuberculosis
203(16)
Graham F. Hatfull
Control of Mycobacterial Transcription
219(16)
Issar Smith
William R. Bishai
Valakunja Nagaraja
Cell Structure
The Proteome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
235(26)
John T. Belisle
Miriam Braunstein
Ida Rosenkrands
Peter Andersen
The Cell Envelope of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with Special Reference to the Capsule and Outer Permeability Barrier
261(14)
Philip Draper
Mamadou Daffe
Structure, Biosynthesis, and Genetics of the Mycolic Acid-Arabinogalactan-Peptidoglycan Complex
275(12)
Sebabrata Mabapatra
Joyoti Basu
Patrick J. Brennan
Dean C. Crick
A Waxy Tale, by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
287(22)
Laurent Kremer
Gurdyal S. Besra
Metabolism
General Metabolism and Biochemical Pathways of Tubercle Bacilli
309(32)
Paul R. Wheeler
John S. Blanchard
Iron Metabolism in the Tubercle Bacillus and Other Mycobacteria
341(18)
Luis E. N. Quadri
Colin Ratledge
Two-Component Systems, Protein Kinases, and Signal Transduction in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
359(10)
Yossef Av-Gay
Vojo Deretic
Nucleic Acid Metabolism
369(10)
Valerie Mizrahi
Michael Buckstein
Harvey Rubin
Transport Processes
379(26)
Jean Content
Martine Braibant
Nancy D. Connell
Jose A. Ainsa
HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS
Phagocytic Uptake and Intracellular Survival
Receptor-Mediated Recognition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Host Cells
405(22)
Matthew J. Fenton
Lee W. Riley
Larry S. Schlesinger
Mycobacterium tuberculosis: the Indigestible Microbe
427(10)
David G. Russell
Intracellular Models of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
437(14)
John Chan
Richard F. Silver
Beate Kampmann
Robert S. Wallis
Dendritic Cells in Host Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
451(14)
Marc Mendelson
Willem Hanekom
Gilla Kaplan
Host Immune Responses and Antigenic Variation
CD8 T Cells in Tuberculosis
465(10)
Stefan H. E. Kaufmann
JoAnn L. Flynn
CD1 and Tuberculosis
475(14)
Christopher C. Dascher
Michael B. Brenner
Th1 and Th2 Cytokines in the Human Immune Response to Tuberculosis
489(8)
Peter F. Barnes
Ramakrishna Vankayalapati
Role of Antibody-Mediated Immunity in Host Defense against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
497(16)
Aharona Glatman-Freedman
Arturo Casadevall
The PE and PPE Multigene Families of Mycobacteria
513(16)
Michael J. Brennan
Nico C. Gey van Pittius
Clara Espitia
Animal Models
Mycobacterium marinarum and Fish and Frog Models of Infection
529(8)
Michele Trucksis
Christopher L. Pritchett
Renate Reimschuessel
Experimental Infection Models of Tuberculosis in Domestic and Wild Animals
537(10)
Bryce M. Buddle
John M. Pollock
R. Glyn Hewinson
Animal Models of Tuberculosis
547(14)
JoAnne L. Flynn
Andrea M. Cooper
William Bishai
Tuberculosis Vaccine Preclinical Screening and Development
561(12)
Ian M. Orme
Angelo A. Izzo
Index 573

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