E. coli infections : causes, treatment and prevention / Morgan C. Rogers and Nancy D. Peterson, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rogers, Morgan C.

Peterson, Nancy D.

Series:

Bacteriology research developments series.

Bacteriology research developments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Escherichia coli infections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers Inc., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presents research in the study of E coli infections, including urinary tract infections caused by E coli; aptamer-based detection and therapeutics to prevent and treat E coli infections; Lactoferrin as a novel natural host defence protein; enterotoxigenic escherichia coli colonisation factors; and, the prevention of E coli using organic acids.

Contents:

Uropathogenic escherichia coli : the pre-eminent urinary tract infection pathogen / David W. Hilbert, Women's Health Research Center, Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Hamilton, New Jersey, USA

E. coli Infections in Urology : Causes, Treatment and Prevention / Chelsea N. Elwood, Peter Cadieux, Dirk Lange, The Stone Centre at Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and others

Aptamer-Based Detection and Therapeutics to Prevent and Treat E. coli Infections / John G. Bruno, Maria P. Carrillo, Taylor Phillips, Alissa Savage, Joseph R. Koke, Operational Technologies Corporation, San Antonio, Texas, USA, and others

Lactoferrin : A Novel Natural Host Defense Protein against Escherichia coli Infection / Chih-Ching Yen, Hsiao-Ling Chen, Chuan-Mu Chen, Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, and others

Perinatal Antibiotic Use and Antimicrobial Resistance : Examining Escherichia coli as a Model / Nevio Cimolai, Program of Microbiology, Virology, and Infection Control, Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and others

Implication of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Pathogenicity from the Human Perspective / Iram Liaqat, University of Western Australia

Prevention of E. coli Infections using Organic Acids / Eva Skrivanová, Milan Marounek, Institute of Animal Science, Department of Physiology of Nutrition and Quality of Animal Products, Prátelství, Prague, Czech Republic

Current Status on the Etiology, Epidemiology, Food Safety Implications and Control Measures in Escherichia coli 0157:H7 Infections / G. Normanno, Department of Health and Animal Welfare, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Valenzano (Ba), Italy

Maillard Reaction and Spontaneous Mutagenesis in Escherichia coli / Roumyana Mironova, Yordan Handzhiyski, Toshimitsu Niwa, Alfredo Berzal-Herranz, Kirill A. Datsenko, Barry L. Wanner, Ivan Ivanov, Department of Gene Regulations, Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, and others.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61324-739-7

OCLC:

830627793