Bartonella and Afipia species emphasizing Bartonella henselae
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Bartonella and Afipia species emphasizing Bartonella henselae
（Contributions to microbiology, v. 1）
Karger, 1998
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Description
Bartonella henselae is a bacterial pathogen that has been observed in sections of clinical specimen from patients with cat scratch disease. The first cultivation of this organism was successful in the early 1990s, and its biology and medical implications are still under extensive investigation. This book gives an overview of the clinically relevant aspects of the bacterial genera Bartonella and Afipia, with special focus on the species Bartonella henselae. Written by international experts in the field, chapters extensively discuss human diseases caused by B. henselae, covering diagnostics, pathology and therapy as well as the latest research findings and modern molecular biological techniques. Consideration is also given to epidemiological aspects in human and animal infections, with special emphasis on the application of new molecular methods for the characterization of isolates. In summary, this is a unique and very comprehensive description of what is currently known about this emerging pathogen. The book is highly recommended for clinical microbiologists and specialists in infectious diseases, physicians in general and internal medicine, epidemiologists and molecular biologists, and will also be of interest to pathologists, dermatologists, veterinarians and AIDS researchers.
Table of Contents
- The genera Afipia and Bartonella
- cat-scratch disease and an overview ofother Bartonella henselae-related infections
- human diseases - apart from cat-scratch diseases, bacillary angiomatosis, and peliosis - and carriership related with Bartonella and Afipia species
- Bartonella henselae infections in HIV and AIDS
- bacillary angiomatosis and bacillary peliosis - histopathological features and differential diagnosis
- microbiological diagnosis of Bartonella species and Afipia felis
- diagnostics of human infections caused by Bartonella henselae
- new approaches in molecular diagnostics of human infections caused by Bartonella henselae
- characterization of isolates of Bartonella henselae by repetitive element PCR
- characterization of isolates of Bartonella henselae by restriction endonuclease analysis of the PCR-amplified 16S-23S rRNA gene spacer region
- minimal inhibitory concentration determination in Bartonella henselae
- therapy of Bartonella henselae-associated human disease
- infections and carriership of Bartonella and Afipia species in veterinary medicine
- epidemiology and pathology of Bartonella henselae in cats.
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