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Table of Contents I. The Gram-Positive Cell Wall Section Editor: Vincent A. Fischetti 1. Ultrastructure of Gram-Positive Cell Walls, Terry J. Beveridge and Valério R. F. Matias 2. Surface Proteins on Gram-Positive Bacteria, Vincent A. Fischetti II. The Streptococcus Section Editors: Vincent A. Fischetti and Joseph J. Ferretti Group A Streptococci 3. Intracellular Invasion by Streptococcus pyogenes: Invasins, Host Receptors, and Relevance to Human Disease, Beinan Wang, David Cue, and P. Patrick Cleary 4. Capsular Polysaccharide of Group A Streptococci, Michael R. Wessels 5. Toxins and Superantigens of Group A Streptococci, John K. McCormick, Marnie L. Peterson, and Patrick M. Schlievert 6. Genetics of Group A Streptococci, Kyu Hong Cho and Michael Caparon 7. Cross-Reactive Antigens of Group A Streptococci, Madeleine W. Cunningham 8. Extracellular Matrix Interactions with Gram-Positive Pathogens, Gursharan S. Chhatwal and Klaus T. Preissner 9. Streptococcus-Mediated Host Cell Signaling, Vijay Pancholi 10. Vaccine Approaches To Protect against Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis, Vincent A. Fischetti 11. The Bacteriophages of Group A Streptococci, W. Michael McShan 12. Molecular Epidemiology, Ecology, and Evolution of Group A Streptococci, Debra E. Bessen and Susan K. Hollingshead Group B Streptococci 13. Pathogenic Mechanisms and Virulence Factors of Group B Streptococci, Victor Nizet and Craig B. Rubens 14. Surface Structures of Group B Streptococci Important in Human Immunity, Lawrence C. Madoff, Lawrence C. Paoletti, and Dennis L. Kasper 15. Epidemiology of Group B Streptococcal Infections, Anne Schuchat and Sharon Balter Groups C and G Streptococci 16. Genetics and Pathogenicity Factors of Groups C and G Streptococci, Horst Malke 17. Pathogenicity Factors in Groups C and G Streptococci, Gursharan S. Chhatwal, David J. McMillan, and Susanne R. Talay 18. Group C and Group G Streptococcal Infections: Epidemiologic and Clinical Aspects, Gio J. Baracco and Alan L. Bisno Streptococcus pneumoniae 19. The Cell Wall of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Alexander Tomasz and Werner Fischer 20. Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsular Polysaccharide, James C. Paton and Judy K. Morona 21. Streptococcus pneumoniae: Invasion and Inflammation, Carlos J. Orihuela and Elaine Tuomanen 22. Phase Variation of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Jeffrey N. Weiser 23. Genetics of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Janet Yother and Susan Hollingshead 24. Pneumococcal Vaccines, D. E. Briles, J. C. Paton, E. Swiatlo, and M. J. Crain Enterococci 25. Pathogenicity of Enterococci, Lynn E. Hancock and Michael S. Gilmore 26. Enterococcal Genetics, Keith E. Weaver Oral Streptococci 27. Pathogenesis of Oral Streptococci, R. R. B. Russell 28. The Virulence Properties of Streptococcus mutans, Howard K. Kuramitsu 29. Genetics of sanguinis Group Streptococci, Howard F. Jenkinson and M. Margaret Vickerman Lactococci 30. Genetics of Lactococci, Philippe Gaudu, Yuji Yamamoto, Peter Ruhdal Jensen, Karin Hammer, and Alexandra Gruss III. The Staphylococcus Section Editor: Richard P. Novick 31. Diagnostics, Typing, and Taxonomy, Wolfgang Witte, Birgit Strommenger, and Guido Werner 32. The Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 8325 Genome, Allison F. Gillaspy, Veronica Worrell, Joshua Orvis, Bruce A Roe, David W. Dyer, and John J. Iandolo 33. Genetics: Accessory Elements and Genetic Exchange, Neville Firth and Ronald A. Skurray 34. Carbohydrate Catabolism: Pathways and Regulation, Reinhold Brückner and Ralf Rosenstein 35. Respiration and Small-Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus, Richard A. Proctor 36. The Staphylococcal Cell Wall, Alexander Tomasz 37. Staphylococcal Capsule, Chia Y. Lee and Jean C. Lee 38. Staphylococcus aureus Exotoxins, Gregory A. Bohach 39. Extracellular Enzymes, Staffan Arvidson 40. Staphylococcal Sortases and Surface Proteins, Andrea C. Dedent, Luciano A. Maraffini, and Olaf Schneewind 41. Staphylococcal Pathogenesis and Pathogenicity Factors: Genetics and Regulation, Richard P. Novick 42. Staphylococcus aureus--Eukaryotic Cell Interactions, Carlos Arrecubieta and Franklin D. Lowy 43. The Epidemiology of Staphylococcus Infections, Fred C. Tenover and Rachel J. Gorwitz 44. Animal Models of Experimental Staphylococcus aureus Infection, L. Vincent Collins and Andrej Tarkowski 45. Cellular and Extracellular Defenses against Staphylococcal Infections, Jerrold Weiss, Arnold S. Bayer, and Michael Yeaman 46. Biology and Pathogenicity of Staphylococcus epidermidis, Christine Heilmann and Georg Peters 47. Biology and Pathogenicity of Staphylococci Other than Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis, Anne Tristan, Gerard Lina, Jerome Etienne, and François Vandenesch 48. Antibiotic Resistance in the Staphylococci, Steven J. Projan and Alexey Ruzin IV. The Listeriae Section Editor: Daniel A. Portnoy 49. Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of Listeria monocytogenes Infection, Walter F. Schlech III 50. Listeria monocytogenes Infection of Mice: an Elegant Probe To Dissect Innate and T-Cell Immune Responses, Jodie S. Haring and John T. Harty 51. Genetic Tools for Use with Listeria monocytogenes, Darren E. Higgins, Carmen Buchrieser, and Nancy E. Freitag 52. Regulation of Virulence Genes in Pathogenic Listeria spp., Werner Goebel, Stefanie Müller-Altrock, and Jürgen Kreft 53. The Cell Biology of Invasion and Intracellular Growth by Listeria monocytogenes, Javier Pizarro-Cerdá and Pascale Cossart V. Spore-Forming Pathogens and Gram-Positive Actinomycetales Section Editor: Julian I. Rood 54. Bacillus anthracis, Theresa M. Koehler 55. Clostridial Genetics, Dena Lyras and Julian I. Rood 56. Neurotoxigenic Clostridia, Eric A. Johnson 57. Enterotoxic Clostridia: Clostridium perfringens Type A and Clostridium difficile, Bruce A. McClane, David M. Lyerly, and Tracy D. Wilkins 58. Histotoxic Clostridia, Dennis L. Stevens and Julian I. Rood Actinomycetales 59. Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Iron-Mediated Activation of DtxR and Regulation of Diphtheria Toxin Expression, John F. Love and John R. Murphy 60. Actinomyces and Arcanobacterium spp.: Host-Microbe Interactions, B. Helen Jost and Stephen J. Billington 61. The Pathogenesis of Nocardia, Blaine L. Beaman VI. Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms Section Editor: Richard P. Novick 62. Mechanisms of Resistance to ß-Lactam Antibiotics, Douglas S. Kernodle 63. Resistance to Glycopeptides in Gram-Positive Pathogens, Henry S. Fraimow and Patrice Courvalin 64. Tetracycline Resistance Determinants in Gram-Positive Bacteria, Laura M. McMurry and Stuart B. Levy 65. Mechanisms of Quinolone Resistance, David C. Hooper
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