Bacterial pathogenesis : a molecular approach / Abigail A. Salyers and Dixie D. Whitt.

Contents
The power of bacteria
Skin and mucosa : the first lines of defense against bacterial infections
The innate immune system : always on guard
The second line of defense : antibodies and cytotoxic T cells
The normal human microbiota
Microbes and disease : establishing a connection
Mechanisms of genetic modification and exchange : role in pathogen evolution
Identification of virulence factors : measuring infectivity and virulence
Identification of virulence factors : molecular approaches for bacterial factors
Identification of virulence factors : molecular approaches for host factors
Bacterial strategies for evading or surviving host defense systems
Toxins and other toxic virulence factors
Delivery of virulence factors
Virulence regulation
Antimicrobial compounds
How bacteria become resistant to antibiotics
Vaccination : an underappreciated component of the modern medical armamentarium
The gram-positive opportunistic pathogens
The gram-negative opportunistic pathogens and emerging pathogens
Biosecurity : the changing roles of microbiologists in an age of bioterrorism and emerging diseases.

Includes bibliographical references and index.