Mucosal Immunology of Acute Bacterial Pneumonia

By Alice Prince

Book Overview

Alveolar macrophages - key coordinators of host defense.- Lung dendritic cells and pulmonary defense mechanisms against bacteria.- CD4 T cell immunity in the lung.- Neutrophil mediated defenses in bacterial pneumonia.- Toll-like receptors in the epithelium.- Type I IFN signaling in bacterial pneumonia.- Transcriptional signaling hubs in epithelial cells during pneumonia.- Innate immune responses in Ventilator Associated Pneumonia.- Streptococcus pneumoniae: The prototype of lung responses in pneumonia.- Staphylococcus aureus infection of the respiratory tract.- Pseudomonas aeruginosa: the consummate opportunistic pathogen of the lung.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1489990356
• ISBN13: 9781489990358
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"