Cell Wall Deficient Forms: Stealth Pathogens
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.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0849387671
ISBN13:9780849387678
Release Date:October 2000
Publisher:CRC Press
Length:460 Pages
Weight:2.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 7.0" x 10.0"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Bring it to the Lab with you!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This excellent book covers history (e.g. Almquist's significant contributions) and nomenclature (the boon/bane of the working biologist!) and tons and tons and tons of lab technique, "what ifs", "gotchas", and scanning electron microscopy. I am still reading it, and I can already tell this is going to be a "re-read". It's dense with information, yet retains readability. Perhaps this reviewer is prejudiced by his pre-existing preference for science that balances the synthetic with the analytic, and the integrative with the logical/reductionist, but I would think any working virologist, bacteriologist, pathologist would find this (admittedly pricey!) book a "Must Have". I truly hope you enjoy this book as much as I am!
Essential Reading
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This is an historic textbook on one of the most important aspects of microbiology ever written!
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