Enterococci: Pathogenesis, Molecular Biology, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Infection Control

Author: Michael S. Gilmore
Published: July 2002
Publisher: ASM Press
ISBN: 1555812341
Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 450

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Table of Contents:

Contributors
Preface
1 History, Taxonomy, Biochemical Characteristics, and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing of Enterococci 1
2 Nonhuman Reservoirs of Enterococci 55
3 Enterococci as Members of the Intestinal Microflora of Humans 101
4 Physiology of Enterococci 133
5 Enterococcal Cell Wall 177
6 Plasmids and Transposons 219
7 Conjugation and Genetic Exchange in Enterococci 265
8 Enterococcal Virulence 301
9 Acquired Antibiotic Resistances in Enterococci 355
10 Enterococcal Disease, Epidemiology, and Treatment 385
11 The Genome of Enterococcus faecalis V583: a Tool for Discovery 409
Index 417

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