Microbial Toxins, Volume V: Bacterial Endotoxins covers the physiology, pathology, and immunology of bacterial endotoxins. The book discusses the relationship of lipopolysaccharide structure to bacterial virulence; the importance of blood-group and Forssman antigenic determinants in interactions between human and microbes; and the chemical modification of endotoxin and inactivation of its biological properties. The text also describes the effects of endotoxic lipopolysaccharides on the complement system; the host-dependent detoxification of bacterial endotoxin; and the metabolic effects of bacterial endotoxins. The release of vasoactive agents and the vascular effects of endotoxin are also considered. The book further tackles the febrile response to endotoxin; some major aspects and the relationship between shock and endotoxemia; as well as the effects of lipopolysaccharides (endotoxins) on the susceptibility to infections. The text also encompasses the role of hypersensitivity and tolerance in reactions to endotoxins. Pathologists, immunologists, physiologists, and microbiologists will find the book invaluable.

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Information

Publisher

Academic Press

Year

2016

ISBN

9781483215891

Topic

Medicine

Subtopic

Toxicology

Front Cover
Bacterial Endotoxins
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Contents of Other Volumes
CHAPTER 1. The Relationship of Lipopolysaccharide Structure to Bacterial Virulence
CHAPTER 2. The Importance of Blood-Group and Forssman Antigenic Determinants in Interactions between Man and Microbes
CHAPTER 3. Chemical Modification of Endotoxin and Inactivation of Its Biological Properties
CHAPTER 4. Effects of Endotoxic Lipopolysaccharides on the Complement System
CHAPTER 5. Host-Dependent Detoxification of Bacterial Endotoxin
CHAPTER 6. Metabolic Effects of Bacterial Endotoxins
CHAPTER 7. Release of Vasoactive Agents and the Vascular Effects of Endotoxin
CHAPTER 8. Endotoxin and the Pathogenesis of Fever
CHAPTER 9. Experimental Hemorrhagic and Endotoxic Shock
CHAPTER 10. Effects of Lipopolysaccharides (Endotoxins) on Susceptibility to Infections
CHAPTER 11. Role of Hypersensitivity and Tolerance in Reactions to Endotoxins
Author Index
Subject Index