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CELL WALL DEFICIENT FORMS: STEALTH PATHOGENS

by Lida H. Mattman

Published by CRC Press. Circa. 2001

Slightly better than very good condition. "Lida Mattman writes beautifully and with great humor about cell wall deficient forms (CWD) i.e., stealth pathogen. Understanding CWD forms and their role in emerging global infections has a great impact on our survival." Third Edition. After perusing this volume, you should know: 1. What organism should be added to the childhood vaccine, especially for boys? 2. What bacterium in its pleomorphic state is found in direct smears of synovial fluid of rheumatoid arthritis cases? 3. In what chronic disease is an acid-fast organism routinely found in smears of 72-h blood cultures in any routine medium? 4. Which "bacterium" has a life cycle in the human erythrocyte as complex as that of Plasmodium malaria? 5. The L form, of which common pathogen can permanently damage mammaliam myocardium. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w illustrations416 pages including index.

2nd printing of the third edition. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

ISBN: 0849387671
Stock no. 1830491

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Contents

  • Chapter 1 History
  • Introduction
  • References
  • Chapter 2 Definitions
  • Chapter 3 Comparing Mycoplasma, CWD Forms and Rickettsia
  • Chapter 4 Properties and Peculiarities
  • Chapter 5 Composition of Cell Wall Deficient Forms
  • Chapter 6 Disclosures by Electron Microscopy
  • Chapter 7 Public Health and Nosocomial Facets
  • Chapter 8 Immunology
  • Chapter 9 Induction by Antibiotics, Organic Compounds and Miscellaneous Factors
  • Chapter 10 Reversion and Revertants
  • Chapter 11 Septicemia and Cardiopathies
  • Chapter 12 Intracellular Growth and CWD Forms
  • Chapter 13 L-Forms in Thrombi
  • Chapter 14 Urinary Tract Infections: Idiopathic Hematuria, Interstitial Cystitis and others
  • Chapter 15 Listeria monocytogenes Studies
  • Chapter 16 Latency and Persistence
  • Chapter 17 Meningitis and Associated Conditions
  • Chapter 18 Rheumatic Fever and Erysipelas
  • Chapter 19 Joint and Bone Disease
  • Chapter 20 Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the Atypicals
  • Chapter 21 Sarcoidosis
  • Chapter 22 Leprosy
  • Chapter 23 Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
  • Chapter 24 Characteristics of Filtrable Forms
  • Chapter 25 Spirochetae
  • Chapter 26 Toxin Formation
  • Chapter 27 Fungi
  • Chapter 28 Sensivity to Antimicrobial Agents
  • Chapter 29 Miscellaneous Disease and Malfunctions
  • Chapter 30 Phage
  • Chapter 31 Bacteriocins
  • Chapter 32 Entomology
  • Chapter 33 Ecology
  • Chapter 34 Soil Microoganisms
  • Chapter 35 Microbes and Malignancies
  • Chapter 36 Artifacts and Contaminants
  • Chapter 37 The Placenta
  • Chapter 38 Media, Methods and Stains
  • Chapter 39 Identification
  • Appendix
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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