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Author:   Michael Donnenberg (University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, U.S.A.)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.100kg
ISBN:  

9780123970480

ISBN 10:   0123970482
Pages:   612
Publication Date:   07 August 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Section I: Escherichia coli, the Organism The Biology and Ecology of Pathogenic E. coli Comparative Genomics of Pathogenic E. coli Evolution of Pathogenic E. coli Section II: Escherichai coli Pathotypes Enteropathogenic E. coli Enterohemorrhagic and other Shiga-toxin Producing E. coli Enterotoxigenic E. coli Shigella and Enteroinvasive E. coli Enteroaggregative E. coli Uropathogenic E. coli Meningitis-Associated E. coli Hybrid and Potentially Pathogenic E. coli strains Section III: Escherichia coli Virulence Factors Adhesive Pili of the Chaperone-Usher Family Type IV Pili and Type 2 Secretion Systems Type 3 Secretion Systems Type 3 Secretion Effectors Types 1 and 5 Secretion Systems and Toxins Capsule and Lipopolysaccharide

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Previous Edition Praise ...a thorough, timely treatise on the current state of the field for researchers and advanced graduate students in bacterial pathogenesis. It is also an excellent and valuable reference work of general interest to microbiologists, infectious disease specialists, and food safety experts, and should be included in microbiology and medical reference libraries. --ASM NEWS ...a very informative book which is well presented and would be excellent value for money for scientists generally interested in the basis of microbial pathogenesis, as well as E. coli specifically. --MICROBIOLOGY TODAY

...an excellent and valuable reference work of general interest to microbiologists, infectious disease specialists, and food safety experts... -ASM NEWS (June 2003)

...an excellent and valuable reference work of general interest to microbiologists, infectious disease specialists, and food safety experts... -ASM NEWS

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Michael Donnenberg, MD is a Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Maryland. Dr. Donnenberg is a graduate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed residency in Internal Medicine at what is now the Bayview Campus of Johns Hopkins and fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Tufts/New England Medical Center. After additional postdoctoral research training at the Center for Vaccine Development at the University of Maryland, Dr. Donnenberg joined the faculty in 1990.Dr. Donnenberg’s research has focused on the molecular pathogenesis of infections due to Escherichia coli and on the biogenesis and function of bacterial surface appendages called Type IV Pili that are used by many pathogens to adhere to host cell surfaces. His work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health for over twenty years and has resulted in the publication of over one hundred original manuscripts, reviews, and book chapters. He is a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Academy of Microbiology and a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. He is a recipient of the Oswald Avery Award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America.Dr. Donnenberg is an active Infectious Diseases clinician and directs the Medical Scientist (MD/PhD) Program at the University of Maryland. He is also active in medical education and was an inaugural member of the Pass and Susel Academy of Academic Excellence at the University of Maryland.

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