Staphylococcus Aureus : Infection and Disease (Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis) (Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis)

351 Pages·2001·2.51 MB·English

by  Allen Honeyman (Editor)

Staphylococcus aureus
Infection and Disease
INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND PATHOGENESIS
Series Editors: Allen L. Honeyman and
Herman Friedman, University of South Florida
College of Medicine
Mauro Bendinelli, University of Pisa
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Staphylococcus aureus
Infection and Disease
Edited by
Allen L. Honeyman
and
Herman Friedman
Universityof South FloridaCollegeof Medicine
Tampa,Florida
and
Mauro Bendinelli
University of Pisa
Pisa, Italy
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Contributors
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KENNETH W. BAYLE Department of Microbiology, Molecular
Biology and Biochemi.stry, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3052
ALISON A. BEHARKA Division of Biology, Kansas State University,
and Department of Veterans Affairs, Division of Infectious Disease,
University of Iowa, Iowa .City, IA 52246
GREGORY A. BOHACH Department of Microbiology, Molecular
Biology and Biochem.istry, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3052
STEPHEN K CHAPES Division of Biology, Kansas State University,
Manhattan, KS 66506 .
AMBROSE L. CHEUNG Department of Microbiology, Dartmouth
Medical School, H.anover, NH 03755
PAULM. DUNMAN InfectiousDiseases,WyethA- yerstResearch,Pearl
River, NY 10965 .
CHRISTOF von EIFF Institute for Medical Microbiology, Westphalian
..
Wilhelms Univ.ersity, Munster, Germany
LARRY K FOX Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine and
Surgery, Washington.State University, Pullman, WA 99164
YOSHIYUKI KAMIO Department of Molecular and Cell Biology,
Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai
981-8555, Jap.an
JUN KANEKO Departmentof Molecular and Cell Biology, Graduate
School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555,
Japan .
CHIA Y. LEE Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and
Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
66160
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JEAN C. LEE Department of Medicine, Channing Laboratory,
,
Brigham and Womens Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston,
MA02115.
GWEN LIU Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UCLA
School of Medicine,University ofCalifornia, LosAngeles, LosAngeles,
CA 90095 .
SARKIS K. MAZMANIAN Department ofMicrobiology and Immunol-
ogy, UCLA School ofMedicine, University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles,
LosAngeles, CA.90095
CARLL.NELSON Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Universityof
Arkansas for Medical Scie.nces, Little Rock, AR 72205
VIJAYKUMAR PANCHOLI Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology,
The Rockefeller.University, NewYork, NY10021
GEORG PETERS Institute for Medical Microbiology, Westphalian
..
Wilhelms University, Mu.nster, Germany
RICHARD A. PROCTOR Departments of Medicine and Medical
Microbiology/Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
53706 .
STEVEN J. PROJAN Antibacterial Research, WyethA-yerst Research,
Pearl River, NY10965 .
PATRICK M. SCHLIEVERT Department of Microbiology, University
of Minnesota Medica.l School, Minneapolis, MN 55455
OLAF SCHNEEWIND Department ofMicrobiology and Immunology,
UCLA School ofMedicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, CA 90095 .
MARK S. SMELTZER Department of Microbiology and Immunology
and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences, Little.Rock, AR 72205
GEORGE C. STEWART Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Patho-
biology, College ofVeterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Man-
hattan, KS 66506.
TOSHIO TOMITA Department of Molecular and Cell Biology,
Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai
981-8555, Japan .
HUNG TON-THAT Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
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UCLA School ofMedicine, University ofCalifornia, LosAngeles, Los
Angeles,CA90095 .
ALBION D. WRIGHT Division of Biology, Kansas State University,
Manhattan, KS 66506 .
JEREMY M. YARWOOD Department of Microbiology, University of
Minnesota Medica.l School, Minneapolis, MN 55455
SHUPING ZHANG Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiol-
ogy, College ofVeterinaryMedicine, Kansas State University, Manhat-
tan, KS 66506
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Preface to the Series
The mechanisms of disease production by infectious agents are presently
the focus of an unprecedented flowering of studies. The field has undoubt-
edly received impetus from the considerable advances recently made in
the understanding of the structure, biochemistry, and biology of viruses,
bacteria, fungi, and other parasites. Another contributing factor is our
improved knowledge of immune responses and other adaptive or con-
stitutive mechanisms by which hosts react to infection. Furthermore,
recombinant DNA technology, monoclonal antibodies, and other newer
methodologies have provided the technical tools for examining questions
previously considered too complex to be successfully tackled. The most
important incentive of all is probably the regenerated idea that infection
might be the initiating event in many clinical entities presently classified as
idiopathic or of uncertain origin.
Infectious pathogenesis research holds great promise. As more infor-
mation is uncovered, it is becoming increasingly apparent that our present
knowledge of the pathogenic potential of infectious agents is often limited
to the most noticeable effects, which sometimes represent only the tip
of the iceberg. For example, it is now well appreciated that pathologic
processes caused by infectious agents may emerge clinically after an incu-
bation of decades and may result from genetic, immunologic, and other
indirect routes more than from the infecting agent in itself. Thus, there is
a general expectation that continued investigation will lead to the isolation
of new agents of infection, the identification of hitherto unsuspected etio-
logic correlations, and, eventually, more effective approaches to prevention
and therapy.
Studies on the mechanisms of disease caused by infectious agents
demand a breadth of understanding across many specialized areas, as well
as much cooperation between clinicians and experimentalists. The series
InfectiousAgents andPathogenesis is intended not only to document the state
of the art in this fascinating and challenging field but also to help lay
bridges among diverse areas and people.
M. Bendinelli
H. Friedman
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