Pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its Interaction with the Host Organism

Pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its Interaction with the Host Organism

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the most notorious pathogens on earth, causing the death of approximately 1.5 million people annually. A major problem in the fight against tuberculosis is the emergence of strains that have acquired resistance to all available antibiotics. One key to the success...

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Published in:Springer eBooks
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pieters, Jean (Editor), McKinney, John D. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology,
Subjects:
medicine.
Immunology.
microbiology.
Drug interactions.
Microbial genetics.
Biomedicine.
Medical Microbiology.
Molecular Medicine.
Drug Resistance.
Microbial Genetics and Genomics.
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40232-6
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Table of Contents:
  • Genetic Diversity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • DNA Metabolism in Mycobacterial Pathogenesis
  • Molecular Biology of Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Antimicrobial Efflux Pumps and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Drug Tolerance: Evolutionary Considerations
  • Getting Across the Cell Envelope: Mycobacterial Protein Secretion
  • A Single-Cell Perspective on Non-Growing but Metabolically Active (NGMA) Bacteria
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis Metabolism and Host Interaction: Mysteries and Paradoxes
  • Surviving the Macrophage: Tools and Tricks Employed by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions During Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections.

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