Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infections in Animals (eBook)

Carlton L. Gyles, DVM, MSc, PhD, is Professor of veterinary microbiology at Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. John F. Prescott, MA, Vet. MB, PhD, is Professor of veterinary microbiology at Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. J. Glenn Songer, PhD, is Professor of veterinary science and microbiology, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona. Charles O. Thoen, DVM, PhD, is Chair and Professor of microbiology, immunology, and preventive medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Contributors.

Preface.

1. Themes in Bacterial Pathogenic Mechanisms (C.L. Gyles and J.
F. Prescott).

2. Evolution of Bacterial Virulence (P. Boerlin).

3. Streptococcus (J .F. Timoney).

4. Staphylococcus (K. Hermans, L. A. Devriese, and F.
Haesebrouck).

5. Bacillus anthracis (M. A. Weiner and T. C. Dixon).

6. Mycobacterium (C. O. Thoen and R. G. Barletta).

7. Corynebacterium and Arcanobacterium (B. H. Jost and S. J.
Billington).

8. Rhodococcus (J. F. Prescott, J. Ren, and C. Dupont).

9. Listeria (C. Czuprynski).

10. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (Y. Shimoji).

11. Neurotoxigenic Clostridia (R. H. Whitlock).

12. Histotoxic Clostridia (J. G. Songer).

13. Enteric Clostridia (J. G. Songer).

14. Salmonella (S. J. Libby, T. A. Halsey, C. Altier, J. Potter,
and C. L. Gyles).

15. E. coli Shigella (T. Adam and C. L. Gyles).

16. Escherichia coli (C. L. Gyles and J. M. Fairbrother).

17. Actinobacillus (J. I. MacInnes and J. T. Bossé).

18. Haemophilus (T. J. Inzana and L. Corbeil).

19. Bordetella (D. A. Bemis and B. Fenwick).

20. Pasteurella and Mannheimia (J. D. Boyce, R. Y. C. Lo, I.
Wilkie, and B. Adler).

21. Yersinia (J. Mecsas and R. Chafel).

22. Brucella (S. C. Olsen, C. O. Thoen, and N. F. Cheville).

23. Pseudomonas (M. Matewish and J. S. Lam).

24. Moraxella (W. P. Michalski and J. L. Farn).

25. Campylobacter and Helicobacter (L. A. Joens).

26. Lawsonia intracellularis (C. J. Gebhart and R. M. C.
Guedes).

27. Gram-Negative Anaerobes (D. J. Hampson, T. G. Nagaraja, and
N. B. Buller).

28. Leptospira (B. Adler and A. de la Peña-Moctezuma).

29. Mycoplasma (K. L. Whithear and G. F. Browning).

30. Chlamydia (A. A. Andersen).

31. Rickettsiales (S. Harrus, T. Waner, S. Mahan, and H.
Bark).

Index.