The Microbiology of Respiratory System Infections reviews modern approaches in the diagnosis, treatment, and prophylaxis of respiratory system infections. The book is very useful for researchers, scientists, academics, medical practitioners, graduate and postgraduate students, and specialists from pharmaceutical and laboratory diagnostic companies. The book has been divided into three sections according to the types of respiratory pathogens. The first section contains reviews on the most common and epidemiologically important respiratory viruses, such as influenza virus, severe acute respiratory system coronavirus, and recently discovered Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. The second section is devoted to bacterial and fungal pathogens, which discusses etiology and pathogenesis including infections in patients with compromised immune system, and infections caused by fungal pathogens, such as Aspergillus and Pneumocystis. The third section incorporates treatment approaches against different types of bacterial infections of the lower respiratory tract. This section reviews classical antimicrobial and phytomedical approaches as well as the application of nanotechnology against respiratory pathogens. Offers the most up to date information on the microbiology of lower respiratory system infectionsFeatures contributors from across the world, presenting questions of interest to readers of both developed and developing countriesReviews the most common and epidemiologically important respiratory virusesDiscusses the etiology and pathogenesis of bacterial and fungal pathogens including infections in patients with compromised immune system, and infections caused by fungal pathogens, such as Aspergillus and Pneumocystis INDICE: 1 Influenza virus infections: clinical update, molecular biology, actual therapeutic options and experimental pharmacology2 Influenza viral infection in respiratory system - potential ways of monitoring3 SARS coronavirus infections of the lower respiratory tract and their prevention4 The MERS-CoV respiratory infection: An emerging infection from the Arabian peninsula5 Respiratory infections of the human bocavirus (HBoV)6 Circulation of respiratory pathogens at mass gatherings7 Indoor air pollution due to mycoflora causing acute lower respiratory infections 8 Is there a connection between respiratory allergens and parasitism?9 United airways: The voyage from rhinitis and rhinosinusitis to lower airway diseases10 Paediatric chronic lung infections11 Respiratory infections in patients with hematological malignancies12 Pulmonary infections in recipients of various forms of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation13 Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing metallo beta lactamase as an opportunistic pathogen in lung infection14 Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Clinical and microbiological aspects15 Pulmonary Aspergillosis16 Laboratory diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia17 Antimicrobial approaches against bacterial pathogens which cause lower respiratory system infections18 Role of nanotechnology in controlling pulmonary infections19 Management of lower respiratory infections by essential oils and plant extracts20 Natural compounds in the treatment of respiratory infections21 Current therapeutics and prophylactic approaches to treat pneumonia
- ISBN: 978-0-12-804543-5
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 300
- Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2016
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés