Bacterial Infections of Humans: Epidemiology and ControlAlfred S. Evans, Philip S. Brachman This latest edition remains the unequaled compendium of research on the epidemiology, control, and prevention of the gamut of bacterial infections across the globe. A revised version of the classic desktop reference, this text incorporates new information on bacterial resistance and H. pylori, and all references have been updated. 175 illus. |
Contents
Introduction and Concepts Introduction | 3 |
Introduction | 13 |
Definitions and Methods | 14 |
Epidemics and Their Investigation | 19 |
Agent | 23 |
II | 24 |
Environment | 27 |
Host | 28 |
Methodology | 396 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 401 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 402 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 405 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity | 406 |
Patterns of Host Response | 410 |
Control and Prevention | 414 |
Unresolved Problems | 416 |
Routes of Transmission | 30 |
Pathogenesis | 33 |
Patterns of Host Response | 39 |
Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections | 47 |
Proof of Causation | 51 |
Control and Prevention 2845 | 52 |
References | 60 |
Suggested Reading | 64 |
Public Health Surveillance Philip S Brachman 1 Introduction | 65 |
Use of Surveillance | 66 |
Data Sources | 67 |
Routine Surveillance | 69 |
Reporting | 70 |
Special Surveillance | 73 |
Data Analysis | 75 |
Reports | 78 |
Evaluation | 79 |
Chapter 3 | 83 |
Epidemiology of Antimicrobial Resistance | 91 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 97 |
Descriptive Epidemiology 827 | 98 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission 831 | 101 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity 832 | 102 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 115 |
Patterns of Host Response 833 | 116 |
Patterns of Host Response | 127 |
Control and Prevention 834 | 131 |
Unresolved Problems | 133 |
Suggested Reading | 138 |
Botulism Frederick J Angulo and Michael E St Louis 1 Introduction | 139 |
Methodology | 140 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 141 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 142 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 144 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity | 146 |
Patterns of Host Response | 147 |
Prevention Control and Treatment | 148 |
Unresolved Problems | 150 |
Suggested Reading | 153 |
Brucellosis Edward J Young and Wendell H Hall 1 Introduction | 155 |
Methodology | 156 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 159 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 162 |
Patterns of Host Response | 163 |
Control and Prevention | 164 |
Unresolved Problems | 165 |
Suggested Reading | 167 |
Campylobacter Infections Ban Mishu Allos and David N Taylor 1 Introduction | 169 |
Methodology | 171 |
Proof of Causation and Biological Characteristics of the Organism that Affect the Epidemiological Pattern | 173 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 174 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 178 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity | 179 |
Patterns of Host Response | 181 |
Control and Prevention | 183 |
References | 184 |
Typhoid Fever Myron M Levine | 185 |
Suggested Reading | 190 |
Control and Prevention | 191 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 192 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 194 |
Control and Prevention | 195 |
References | 196 |
Chlamydial Infections Julius Schachter and E Russell Alexander 1 Introduction | 197 |
Methodology | 199 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 202 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 203 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 207 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity | 208 |
Patterns of Host Response | 211 |
Control and Prevention | 217 |
Unresolved Problems | 219 |
References | 220 |
Suggested Reading | 222 |
Cholera Robert V Tauxe 1 Introduction | 223 |
Methodology | 225 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 226 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 228 |
Mechanism and Routes of Transmission | 232 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity | 234 |
Patterns of Host Response | 235 |
Control and Prevention | 236 |
Unresolved Problems | 238 |
References | 239 |
Suggested Reading | 241 |
Clostridium difficile Dale N Gerding and Stuart Johnson 1 Introduction | 243 |
Methodology | 244 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 245 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 246 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity | 247 |
Control and Prevention | 248 |
References | 249 |
Suggested Reading | 251 |
Diphtheria Iain R B Hardy 1 Introduction | 253 |
Methodology | 254 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 256 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 257 |
Mechanism and Routes of Transmission | 260 |
Patterns of Host Response | 261 |
Control and Prevention | 262 |
Unresolved Problems | 264 |
References | 265 |
Suggested Reading | 268 |
Escherichia coli Diarrhea Herbert L DuPont and John J Mathewson 1 Introduction | 269 |
Methodology | 270 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organisms | 272 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 273 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 275 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity | 276 |
Patterns of Host Response | 277 |
Control and Prevention | 279 |
Unresolved Problems | 280 |
Suggested Reading | 283 |
Gonococcal Infections James DeMaio and Jonathan Zenilman 1 Introduction | 285 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 288 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 294 |
Patterns of Host Response | 295 |
Control and Prevention | 298 |
Unresolved Problems | 301 |
Suggested Reading | 304 |
Haemophilus influenzae Joel I Ward and Constance M Vadheim 1 Introduction | 305 |
Methodology | 306 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 307 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 308 |
Mechanism and Routes of Transmission | 315 |
Pathogenesis | 316 |
Patterns of Host Response | 318 |
Control and Prevention | 319 |
Unresolved Problems | 325 |
Suggested Reading | 336 |
Helicobacter pylori Karen L Smith and Julie Parsonnet 1 Introduction | 337 |
Methodology | 338 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 339 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 340 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 343 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity | 344 |
Patterns of Host Response | 345 |
Control and Prevention | 347 |
References | 348 |
Suggested Reading | 352 |
Legionellosis Jay C Butler and Robert F Breiman 1 Introduction | 355 |
Methodology | 356 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 359 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 360 |
Mechanism and Routes of Transmission | 363 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity | 366 |
Patterns of Host Response | 367 |
Control and Prevention | 368 |
Unresolved Issues | 369 |
References | 370 |
Suggested Reading | 375 |
Leprosy Robert R Jacobson and Leo J Yoder 1 Introduction | 377 |
Methodology | 378 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 381 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 384 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity | 385 |
Patterns of Host Response | 387 |
Control and Prevention | 388 |
Unresolved Problems | 390 |
References | 391 |
Suggested Reading | 393 |
Leptospirosis Solly Faine 1 Introduction | 395 |
References | 417 |
Suggested Reading | 420 |
Listeria monocytogenes Infections Donald Armstrong and Bruce G Gellin 1 Introduction | 421 |
Historical Background | 422 |
Methodology | 423 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 425 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 428 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity | 429 |
Control and Prevention | 430 |
Unresolved Problems | 431 |
Suggested Reading | 435 |
Lyme Disease Kristine A Moore Craig Hedberg and Michael T Osterholm 1 Introduction | 437 |
Methodology | 438 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 441 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 442 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 445 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity | 446 |
Patterns of Host Response | 447 |
Control and Prevention | 450 |
Unresolved Problems | 452 |
Suggested Reading | 458 |
Meningococcal Infections Robert S Baltimore 1 Introduction | 459 |
Methodology | 460 |
Chapter 24 | 481 |
Chapter 5 | 483 |
888888 | 491 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 492 |
97 | 498 |
Suggested Reading | 500 |
Biological Characteristics of Nosocomial Organisms | 507 |
102 | 510 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 514 |
10 | 520 |
Suggested Reading | 528 |
Historical Background | 529 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 531 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 532 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 535 |
Patterns of Host Response | 536 |
Control and Prevention | 538 |
Unresolved Problems | 540 |
References | 541 |
Suggested Reading | 543 |
Plague Jack D Poland and David T Dennis 1 Introduction | 545 |
Methodology | 546 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 547 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 551 |
Patterns of Host Response | 552 |
Control and Prevention | 554 |
Etiologic Patterns | 555 |
Unresolved Problems | 556 |
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Pneumococcal Infections Robert S Baltimore and Eugene D Shapiro 1 Introduction | 559 |
Methodology | 560 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 562 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 569 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity | 570 |
Patterns of Host Response | 571 |
Control and Prevention | 572 |
Unresolved Problems | 576 |
Suggested Reading | 582 |
Q Fever Paul Fiset and Theodore E Woodward 1 Introduction | 583 |
Methodology | 584 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 586 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 587 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 590 |
Patterns of Host Response | 591 |
Control and Prevention | 592 |
References | 593 |
Suggested Reading | 595 |
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Theodore E Woodward and J Stephen Dumler 1 Introduction | 597 |
Methodology | 598 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 600 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 601 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 603 |
Patterns of Host Response | 606 |
Control and Prevention | 608 |
Unresolved Problems | 610 |
Suggested Reading | 612 |
Nontyphoidal Robert V Tauxe and Andrew T Pavia 1 Introduction | 613 |
Methodology | 614 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 617 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 618 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 622 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity | 623 |
Patterns of Host Response | 624 |
Control and Prevention | 625 |
Unresolved Problems | 627 |
Suggested Reading | 630 |
Shigellosis Gerald T Keutsch and Michael L Bennish 1 Introduction | 631 |
Methodology | 632 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 634 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 637 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 643 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity | 644 |
Patterns of Host Response | 646 |
Control and Prevention | 649 |
Unresolved Problems | 650 |
References | 652 |
Suggested Reading | 656 |
Staphylococcal Infections Frederick L Ruben and Robert R Muder 1 Introduction | 657 |
Methodology | 658 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 659 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 662 |
Patterns of Host Response | 663 |
Control and Prevention | 667 |
References | 668 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 670 |
Suggested Reading | 672 |
Streptococcal Infections Barry M Gray 1 Introduction | 673 |
Methodology | 676 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organisms | 684 |
Clostridium perfringens | 686 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 688 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 694 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity | 695 |
Patterns of Host Response | 697 |
Control and Prevention | 701 |
Unresolved Problems | 705 |
References | 706 |
Suggested Reading | 711 |
Syphilis Willard Cates Jr 1 Introduction | 713 |
Methodology | 715 |
Descriptive Epidemiology | 717 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 720 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity | 721 |
Patterns of Host Response | 722 |
Control and Prevention | 724 |
Unresolved Problems | 730 |
Control and Prevention | 731 |
Suggested Reading | 732 |
Nonvenereal Treponematoses Peter L Perine 1 Introduction | 733 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 735 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 737 |
Control and Prevention | 739 |
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Tetanus Roland W Sutter Walter A Orenstein and Steven G F Wassilak 1 Introduction | 741 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 743 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 746 |
Pathogenesis and Immunity | 747 |
Patterns of Host Response | 748 |
Control and Prevention | 749 |
Unresolved Problems | 754 |
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Toxic Shock Syndrome Staphylococcal Arthur L Reingold 1 Introduction | 759 |
Methodology | 760 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 761 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 767 |
Patterns of Host Response | 769 |
Control and Prevention | 770 |
Unresolved Problems | 771 |
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Tuberculosis George W Comstock and Richard J OBrien 1 Introduction | 777 |
Methodology | 778 |
Biological Characteristics of the Organism | 781 |
Index 875 | 787 |
Mechanisms and Routes of Transmission | 792 |
Patterns of Host Response | 793 |
Control and Prevention | 795 |
Introduction 823 | 797 |
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Bacterial Infections of Humans: Epidemiology and Control Alfred S. Evans,Philip S. Brachman Limited preview - 2013 |
Bacterial Infections of Humans: Epidemiology and Control Alfred S. Evans,Philip S. Brachman Limited preview - 1998 |
Bacterial Infections of Humans: Epidemiology and Control Alfred S. Evans,Philip S. Brachman No preview available - 1998 |
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