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Cell Wall Deficient Forms: Stealth Pathogens - Hardcover

Mattman, Lida H.

 
9780849387678: Cell Wall Deficient Forms: Stealth Pathogens
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0849387671 ISBN 13: 9780849387678
Publisher: CRC Press, 2000

Synopsis

Numerous infectious diseases are described as idiopathic, meaning that "the cause is a complete mystery." For many idiopathic diseases, the causes become clear when certain techniques are applied to the patient's blood or other tissues. Cell Wall Deficient Forms: Stealth Pathogens, Third Edition describes these techniques. In the case of tuberculosis, a disease that has recently regained importance because the strains have acquired antibiotic resistance, the book describes a method that is widely used abroad. This method typically renders the diagnosis within 72 hours. The book examines a plethora of issues and provides answers to the following questions:

  • What organism should be added to the childhood vaccine, especially for boys?
  • What bacteria in its pleomorphic state is found in direct smears of synovial fluid of rheumatoid arthritis cases?
  • In which chronic diseases ( presently considered as being of unknown origin) is an acid-fast organism routinely found in smears of 72 hour blood cultures?
  • Which "bacterium" has a life cycle in the human erythrocyte as complex as that of Plasmodium malaria?
  • Which common pathogen's L Form can permanently damage myocardium mammaliam?
    Cell Wall Deficient Forms: Stealth Pathogens, Third Edition discloses significant aspects of microbiology, aspects that are not taught, and which go unrecognized in the clinical laboratory.

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    About the Author

    Lida H. Mattman

    From the Back Cover

    For many idiopathic diseases, the etiologies become clear when certain techniques are applied to the patient's blood or other tissues. This volume describes these techniques, examining a plethora of issues and highlighting significant aspects of microbiology, which tend to go unrecognized in the clinical laboratory. In the case of tuberculosis, a disease that has recently regained importance because the strains have acquired antibiotic resistance, the book describes a method widely used abroad that typically renders the diagnosis within 72 hours.

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    Publisher
    CRC Press
    Publication date
    2000
    Language
    English
    ISBN 10 
    0849387671
    ISBN 13 
    9780849387678
    Binding
    Hardcover
    Edition number
    3
    Number of pages
    460