Opportunistic Intracellular Bacteria and Immunity

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Opportunistic Intracellular Bacteria and Immunity is written by Lois J. Paradise and published by Springer Science & Business Media. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0306468093 (ISBN 10) and 9780306468094 (ISBN 13).

Opportunistic, intracellular bacterial infections are at the forefront of research because of the challenges they present to immunocompromised patients. In this volume, the pathogenesis and immune reaction of these intracellular infections is featured, as are the most typical problems related to antimicrobial chemotherapy, and current approaches to their solution. Individual chapters set the pace for research on pathogenic and immune reactions to such infections as, mycobacterium tuberculosis, legionella pneumophila, chlamydia trachomatis and brucella.