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Staphylococcus aureus infection and disease

By Herman Friedman , Mauro Bendinelli , Allen Honeyman

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2001
ISBN
0306465914, 9780306465918, 0306468484
Google Books ID
6zhDVX_DxIwC
Open Library ID
OL17028334M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2355597 bytes)
Series
Infectious agents and pathogenesis
Edition
2nd
Pages
351\351
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Staphylococcus aureus is now acknowledged as being the most important bacterial pathogen of humans. It usually produces localized disease but can be rapidly invasive, spreading through the tissues, invading bone, and seeding the bloodstream to produce a fulminant picture of septic shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and rapid death. Moreover, most strains of staph infections are becoming resistant to most antibiotics, thus posing a significant problem for hospitals and health care facilities. This book, a volume in the Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis series, presents chapters by the major researchers in the field.

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