Most up-to-date book to highlight the significance and role that microorganisms play in the human life cycle Considers microbiology of the host in different regions of the body during the aging process INDICE: Aging Theories, Infection and Microorganisms.- Indigenous Microbiota and Association with the Host.- Infections in the Elderly.- Skin Aging and Microbiology.- Lung Infections and Aging.- Influenza in the Elderly.- Changes in Oral Microflora and Host Defences with Advanced Age.- Influence of the Gut Microbiota with Aging.- A Gut Reaction: Aging affects Gut- Associated Immunity.- Clostridium and the Aging Gut.- Helicobacter pylori acquisition and the hygiene hypothesis.- Probiotics and the aging gut.- Autisim and children: The microbiology Theory.- Decomposition of human remains.
- ISBN: 978-1-58829-640-5
- Editorial: Humana
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 280
- Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés