Monoclonal Antibodies Against Bacteria

Volume III

Alberto J. L. Macario, Everly Conway de Macario

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781483257396
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Monoclonal Antibodies Against Bacteria, Volume III covers the basis for understanding developments of practical importance in the health sciences within the area of microbiology and infectious diseases, focusing on advances made possible by monoclonal antibodies. This 12-chapter volume specifically considers the basic principles of hybridoma technology. The introductory chapters deal with treponemal antigens of significance for understanding syphilis, yaws, pinta, salmonellosis, and other gastroenteropathies. The subsequent chapters highlight pediatric infections and the strategies for molecular analyses of bacterial antigens, focusing on cell walls, S layers, and sheaths. The remaining chapters examine the bacterial toxins involved in gaseous gangrene and other forms of cell damage, such as diphtheria, caries and periodontal diseases, and bacteria relevant to animal sciences. This book will prove useful to internists, pediatricians, surgeons, dentists, veterinarians, clinical pathologists, and laboratory technologists.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Monoclonal Antibodies Against Bacteria
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Dedicqtion
• Contributors
• Preface
• Contents of Previous Volumes
• Chapter 1. Identification and Characterization of Treponema pallidum Antigens by Monoclonal Antibodies by Monoclonal Antibodies
• Chapter 2. Diagnostic Uses of Monoclonal Antibodies to Salmonella
• Chapter 3. Monoclonal Antibodies and Immunodetection Methods for Vibrio cholerae and Escherichia coli Enterotoxins
• Chapter 4. Monoclonal Antibodies against Campylobacter Strains
• Chapter 5. Monoclonal Antibodies to the Lipopolysaccharide and Capsular Polysaccharide of Bacteroides fragilis
• Chapter 6. Monoclonal Antibodies against Surface Components of Streptococcus pneumoniae
• Chapter 7. Monoclonal Antibodies to Bordetella pertussis
• Chapter 8. Molecular Structures of Bacteria Elucidated by Monoclonal Antibodies with Special Reference to Antigenic Determinants of the Methanogens' Envelopes
• Chapter 9. Monoclonal Antibodies against Clostridium perfringens θ toxin (Perfringolysin O)
• Chapter 10. Monoclonal Antibodies against Diphtheria Toxin: Their Use in Analysis of the Function and Structure of the Toxin and Their Application to Cell Biology
• Chapter 11. Application of Monoclonal Antibodies to the Study of Oral Bacteria and Their Virulence Factors
• Chapter 12. Current and Future Applications of Monoclonal Antibodies against Bacteria in Veterinary Medicine
• Index