Main description:

Provides comprehensive coverage of all gram-positive pathogens, including genome data. * Dissects organisms biologically, genetically, and immunologically to provide a clear understanding of the strategies gram-positive bacteria use to cause human disease. * Appeals to clinicians, infectious disease specialists, and instructors and students seeking a single reference source on gram-positive bacteria.

This title is published by the American Society for Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.

Contents:

Table of Contents

I. The Gram-Positive Cell Wall

Section Editor: Vincent A. Fischetti

1. Ultrastructure of Gram-Positive Cell Walls, Terry J. Beveridge and Valerio R. F. Matias

2. Surface Proteins on Gram-Positive Bacteria, Vincent A. Fischetti

II. The Streptococcus

Section Editors: Vincent A. Fischetti and Joseph J. Ferretti

Group A Streptococci

3. Intracellular Invasion by Streptococcus pyogenes: Invasins, Host Receptors, and Relevance to Human Disease, Beinan Wang, David Cue, and P. Patrick Cleary

4. Capsular Polysaccharide of Group A Streptococci, Michael R. Wessels

5. Toxins and Superantigens of Group A Streptococci, John K. McCormick, Marnie L. Peterson, and Patrick M. Schlievert

6. Genetics of Group A Streptococci, Kyu Hong Cho and Michael Caparon

7. Cross-Reactive Antigens of Group A Streptococci, Madeleine W. Cunningham

8. Extracellular Matrix Interactions with Gram-Positive Pathogens, Gursharan S. Chhatwal and Klaus T. Preissner

9. Streptococcus-Mediated Host Cell Signaling, Vijay Pancholi

10. Vaccine Approaches To Protect against Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis, Vincent A. Fischetti

11. The Bacteriophages of Group A Streptococci, W. Michael McShan

12. Molecular Epidemiology, Ecology, and Evolution of Group A Streptococci, Debra E. Bessen and Susan K. Hollingshead

Group B Streptococci

13. Pathogenic Mechanisms and Virulence Factors of Group B Streptococci, Victor Nizet and Craig B. Rubens

14. Surface Structures of Group B Streptococci Important in Human Immunity, Lawrence C. Madoff, Lawrence C. Paoletti, and Dennis L. Kasper

15. Epidemiology of Group B Streptococcal Infections, Anne Schuchat and Sharon Balter

Groups C and G Streptococci

16. Genetics and Pathogenicity Factors of Groups C and G Streptococci, Horst Malke

17. Pathogenicity Factors in Groups C and G Streptococci, Gursharan S. Chhatwal, David J. McMillan, and Susanne R. Talay

18. Group C and Group G Streptococcal Infections: Epidemiologic and Clinical Aspects, Gio J. Baracco and Alan L. Bisno

Streptococcus pneumoniae

19. The Cell Wall of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Alexander Tomasz and Werner Fischer

20. Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsular Polysaccharide, James C. Paton and Judy K. Morona

21. Streptococcus pneumoniae: Invasion and Inflammation, Carlos J. Orihuela and Elaine Tuomanen

22. Phase Variation of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Jeffrey N. Weiser

23. Genetics of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Janet Yother and Susan Hollingshead

24. Pneumococcal Vaccines, D. E. Briles, J. C. Paton, E. Swiatlo, and M. J. Crain

Enterococci

25. Pathogenicity of Enterococci, Lynn E. Hancock and Michael S. Gilmore

26. Enterococcal Genetics, Keith E. Weaver

Oral Streptococci

27. Pathogenesis of Oral Streptococci, R. R. B. Russell

28. The Virulence Properties of Streptococcus mutans, Howard K. Kuramitsu

29. Genetics of sanguinis Group Streptococci, Howard F. Jenkinson and M. Margaret Vickerman

Lactococci

30. Genetics of Lactococci, Philippe Gaudu, Yuji Yamamoto, Peter Ruhdal Jensen, Karin Hammer, and Alexandra Gruss

III. The Staphylococcus

Section Editor: Richard P. Novick

31. Diagnostics, Typing, and Taxonomy, Wolfgang Witte, Birgit Strommenger, and Guido Werner

32. The Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 8325 Genome, Allison F. Gillaspy, Veronica Worrell, Joshua Orvis, Bruce A Roe, David W. Dyer, and John J. Iandolo

33. Genetics: Accessory Elements and Genetic Exchange, Neville Firth and Ronald A. Skurray

34. Carbohydrate Catabolism: Pathways and Regulation, Reinhold Bruckner and Ralf Rosenstein

35. Respiration and Small-Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus, Richard A. Proctor

36. The Staphylococcal Cell Wall, Alexander Tomasz

37. Staphylococcal Capsule, Chia Y. Lee and Jean C. Lee

38. Staphylococcus aureus Exotoxins, Gregory A. Bohach

39. Extracellular Enzymes, Staffan Arvidson

40. Staphylococcal Sortases and Surface Proteins, Andrea C. Dedent, Luciano A. Maraffini, and Olaf Schneewind

41. Staphylococcal Pathogenesis and Pathogenicity Factors: Genetics and Regulation, Richard P. Novick

42. Staphylococcus aureus--Eukaryotic Cell Interactions, Carlos Arrecubieta and Franklin D. Lowy

43. The Epidemiology of Staphylococcus Infections, Fred C. Tenover and Rachel J. Gorwitz

44. Animal Models of Experimental Staphylococcus aureus Infection, L. Vincent Collins and Andrej Tarkowski

45. Cellular and Extracellular Defenses against Staphylococcal Infections, Jerrold Weiss, Arnold S. Bayer, and Michael Yeaman

46. Biology and Pathogenicity of Staphylococcus epidermidis, Christine Heilmann and Georg Peters

47. Biology and Pathogenicity of Staphylococci Other than Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis, Anne Tristan, Gerard Lina, Jerome Etienne, and Francois Vandenesch

48. Antibiotic Resistance in the Staphylococci, Steven J. Projan and Alexey Ruzin

IV. The Listeriae

Section Editor: Daniel A. Portnoy

49. Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of Listeria monocytogenes Infection, Walter F. Schlech III

50. Listeria monocytogenes Infection of Mice: an Elegant Probe To Dissect Innate and T-Cell Immune Responses, Jodie S. Haring and John T. Harty

51. Genetic Tools for Use with Listeria monocytogenes, Darren E. Higgins, Carmen Buchrieser, and Nancy E. Freitag

52. Regulation of Virulence Genes in Pathogenic Listeria spp., Werner Goebel, Stefanie Muller-Altrock, and Jurgen Kreft

53. The Cell Biology of Invasion and Intracellular Growth by Listeria monocytogenes, Javier Pizarro-Cerda and Pascale Cossart

V. Spore-Forming Pathogens and Gram-Positive Actinomycetales

Section Editor: Julian I. Rood

54. Bacillus anthracis, Theresa M. Koehler

55. Clostridial Genetics, Dena Lyras and Julian I. Rood

56. Neurotoxigenic Clostridia, Eric A. Johnson

57. Enterotoxic Clostridia: Clostridium perfringens Type A and Clostridium difficile, Bruce A. McClane, David M. Lyerly, and Tracy D. Wilkins

58. Histotoxic Clostridia, Dennis L. Stevens and Julian I. Rood

Actinomycetales

59. Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Iron-Mediated Activation of DtxR and Regulation of Diphtheria Toxin Expression, John F. Love and John R. Murphy

60. Actinomyces and Arcanobacterium spp.: Host-Microbe Interactions, B. Helen Jost and Stephen J. Billington

61. The Pathogenesis of Nocardia, Blaine L. Beaman

VI. Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms

Section Editor: Richard P. Novick

62. Mechanisms of Resistance to ss-Lactam Antibiotics, Douglas S. Kernodle

63. Resistance to Glycopeptides in Gram-Positive Pathogens, Henry S. Fraimow and Patrice Courvalin

64. Tetracycline Resistance Determinants in Gram-Positive Bacteria, Laura M. McMurry and Stuart B. Levy

65. Mechanisms of Quinolone Resistance, David C. Hooper