Campylobacters, Helicobacters, and Related Organisms / Edition 1

by Diane G. Newell, Julian M. Ketley, Roger A. Feldman

Overview

By 1977 it was clear that the thermophilic campylobacters were a major cause of acute bacterial enteritis. In response to that observation an international workshop was convened in Reading, England, and attracted over 130 participants. Many of these individuals resolutely returned for the eighth in the series of biennial international workshops, this time held in Win­ chester, England, in July 1995. All were surprised at the continued, and even expanding, research effort in this narrow microbiological field. Such a lasting interest is undoubtedly a reflection of a consistent rise in the incidence of infection, the growing number of closely re­ lated organisms and disease associations, and an ever-increasing awareness by the public and government agencies of public health and food safety issues. The second workshop in Brussels in 1983 was a forum that demonstrated the growing awareness in the campylobacter community of the existence of campylobacter-like organisms and provided the platform for presentations describing the association of these organisms, now classified in the genus Helicobacter. with gastroduodenal disease. The clinical aspects of the research into helicobacters is now thoroughly covered in several other meetings, and the remit of the international workshop has been expanded to provide a forum for the presentation of the basic microbiological research carried out on these bacteria. In a continuation of this approach the remit of the workshop has been further extended to other related organisms, reflect­ ing that there are many other campylobacter-like organisms still to identify and characterize.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306453120
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	04/30/1997
Series:	The Language of Science Series
Edition description:	1996
Pages:	768
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.06(d)

About the Author

Newell, Diane G. (Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addlestone); Ketley, Julian M. (Univ of Leicester); Feldman, Roger A. (London Hospital Medical Coll)

The contributors represent the specialties of public health, microbiology, food research, agriculture, biological sciences, and veterinary medicine. Most are from public health laboratories, research centers, universities, and hospitals in 17 countries, including the U.K., the U.S., and Ireland. Institutions prominently represented include Central Public Health Laboratory, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Queen's Univ of Belfast, Lancaster Univ, and Royal Preston Hospital.

Table of Contents

1: Detection and Culture from Clinical Specimens and Foods, Speciation, and Typing.- 2: Veterinary and Poultry Infections—Their Control and Antimicrobial Resistance.- 3: Epidemiology, Clincal Aspects, and Treatment Including New and Emerging Diseases.- 4: Genetic Methods, Pathogenic Mechanisms, and Immunology.- Author Index.

Editorial Reviews

Over 100 papers and workshop summaries focus on pathogens responsible for bacterial enteritis and related organisms. They consider such aspects as the detection and culture from clinical specimens and foods, speciation and typing, the control and antimicrobial resistance of veterinary and poultry infections, epidemiology, clinical aspects and treatment, new and emerging diseases, genetic methods, pathogenic mechanisms, and immunology. Abstracts of additional papers are also included. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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