Bacterial Pathogenesis: A Molecular Approach.

Completely revised and updated, this third edition features a new organization that dispenses with separate chapters dedicated to individual bacterial pathogens. Instead it focuses on core principles based on the growing understanding of the underlying similarities among pathogens and their mechanisms of action. In addition, readers familiar with the previous edition will find much new material. For example, there is new coverage of key findings on the mechanisms of bacterial secretion, toxins, and regulation.

Study questions at the end of each chapter challenge students to probe more deeply into the issues covered. This edition also offers new problems that immerse students in the discovery process. These problems present actual research data, asking students to interpret the data and then devise new experiments that would help build their understanding.

New to the Third Edition

• Presents new paradigms that unify concepts in the field of bacterial pathogenesis
  
• Challenges students to interpret actual research data and design new experiments
  
• Explores the latest findings on the mechanisms of bacterial secretion, toxins, and regulation
  
• Expands coverage of the role of normal microbial populations of the human body in health and disease
  
• Includes two new authors offering additional perspectives and points of view
  

Paperback, 540 pages, two-color illustrations throughout, glossary, index.