Pulmonary Infections and Immunity (Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis)

030644609X. Laminated board hardcover, from closed pharmaceutical company library. Lending record shows this book has been borrowed twice only. 376 pages, index, illustrated with map, photographs, charts, tables and diagrams. Presenting the basic concepts and clinical implications of respiratory infection, with special emphasis on the role of the immune system, the field's leading researchers contribute detailed chapters on most of the major pathogenic and opportunistic bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Their work will stimulate new research by microbiologists and immunologists, teach clinicians the interaction between microorganisms and the host, and provide health professionals with information necessary to evaluate public health procedures. Contents clean, tight and bright.