Rickettsial Diseases

by Didier Raoult (Editor), Philippe Parola (Editor)

Overview

The only available reference to comprehensively discuss the common and unusual types of rickettsiosis in over twenty years, this book will offer the reader a full review on the bacteriology, transmission, and pathophysiology of these conditions. Written from experts in the field from Europe, USA, Africa, and Asia, specialists analyze specific patho

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040169636
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	04/26/2007
Series:	Infectious Disease and Therapy
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

Didier Raoult, Philippe Parola

Table of Contents

RICKETTSIA AND HUMAN RICKETTSIOSES. Bacteriology, Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Rickettsia. Physiopathology, Pathology and Immunity. Arthropods and Rickettsia. Animals and Rickettsia. Murine Typhus. Louse-Borne Epidemic Typhus. Rickettsialpox. Flea-Borne Spotted Fever. Tick-Borne Rickettsioses. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. African Tick-Bite Fever. Mediterranean Spotted Fever. Other Tick-Borne Rickettsioses. Rickettsias of Unknown Pathogenicity. ANAPLASMATACEAE AND HUMAN ANAPLASMOSIS AND EHRLICHIOSES. Bacteriology and Phylogeny of Anaplasmataceae. Vectors and Reservoir Hosts. Ehrlichioses in Human Beings. Anaplasmosis in Human Being. ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI AND SCRUB TYPHUS. Orientia Tsutsuganushi and Scrub Typhus. COXIELLA BURNETII AND Q FEVER. Bacteriology. Pathophysiology of Q Fever. Epidemiology. Clinical Aspects, Diagnosis and Treatment. WOLBACHIA AND HELMINTIC DISEASES IN HUMAN BEINGS. Wolbachia and Helmintic Diseases in Human Beings. GENOMICS OF RICKETTSIAL AGENTS. Genomics of Rickettsial Agents. DIAGNOSTIC STRATEGY OF RICKETTSIAL DISEASES. Diagnostic Strategy of Rickettsial Diseases. ANTIMICROBIAL SUCEPTIBILITY OF RICKETTSIAL AGENTS. Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Rickettsial Agents

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Grace M Auten, MD (Piedmont Infectious Diseases Consultants, PA)
Description: This reference comprehensively describes rickettsial diseases, including common and rare conditions. The 10 sections cover Rickettsia and human rickettsioses, tick-borne rickettsioses, Anaplasmataceae and ehrlichioses, Orientia tsutsugamushi and scrub typhus, Coxiella burnetii and Q fever, Wolbachia, diagnostic strategy of rickettsial diseases in humans, rickettsial diseases of domestic animals, genomics of rickettsial agents, and antimicrobial susceptibility of rickettsial agents.
Purpose: The expert contributors from the U.S., Asia, Europe, and Africa provide factual and historical information in the context of genomics and other modern laboratory methods. The implication of rickettsioses as paradigms of new or emerging diseases of unknown cause make this book a must-have, and easily meets the authors' objectives.
Audience: The authors' anticipated audience includes physicians, clinical laboratory personnel, and epidemiologists. Infectious diseases physicians, dermatologists, and travel medicine specialists will benefit from the information in this book.
Features: For each rickettsial disease and each microorganism, the in-depth review extensively describes bacteriology, method of transmission, vectors, diagnostic methods, and pathophysiology. Historical features of many of the diseases are reviewed, such as the outbreak of rickettsialpox in New York City in 1946. Laboratory advances, particularly in genome science, are presented with the resulting taxonomic changes in several rickettsial species, and description of new species. A unique feature is a chapter describing rickettsiae of possible or undetermined pathogenicity.
Assessment: The appeal of this comprehensive book will extend worldwide to basic science experts, physicians, veterinarians, public health professionals, and politicians who form public health policy. Readers will agree that the known rickettsial diseases of historical importance, such as scrub typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, continue to cause disease without abatement and are being joined by an ever-increasing number of new and emerging rickettsial diseases.

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