Book Description:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a unique pathogen with a characteristic hospital epidemiology resulting in colonization and major infectious complications. Institutions of infection control policies including guidelines on surveillance, infection control interventions and environmental decontamination are important preventive measures. In this book, the authors present current research on the symptoms of infection, antibiotic resistance and treatment of pseudomonas aeruginosa. Topics discussed include the mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial treatment options; chronic pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis; and biofilm-forming ability and antimicrobial resistance of pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates of veterinary origin. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical)

Table of Contents:
Preface pp. i-xii

Critical Factors in the Management of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection: Hospital Epidemiology of Infection versus Colonization, Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Treatment Options
(Arnold Forest, Padmaraj Duvvuri, Guillermo Sanchez, Daniel Portela, Jose Bordon, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, and others)pp. 1-36

Factors Favoring Co-Evolution of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and its Viruses in Microbial Communities of Infected Wounds Surfaces and Prospects for Phage Therapy
(V.N. Krylov, O.V. Shaburova, Mechnikov Research Institute for Vaccines & Sera, RAMS, Moscow, Russia)pp. 37-66

Fruit, Vegetable, and Seed Saccharides that Block Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Lectins Might (Like Milks, Egg Whites, and Hive Products) Act as Decoys, Competitively Hampering Pathogen Binding to Sensitive Target Cells
(Nechama Gilboa-Garber, Ofra Rachmaninov, The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel)pp. 67-100

Contemporary Overview of Metallo-β-Lactamases in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa: Epidemiology, Detection Methods and Treatment Challenges
(Carlos Henrique Camargo, Ariane Bruder-Nascimento, Alessandro Lia Mondelli, Augusto Cezar Montelli, Terue Sadatsune, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Botucatu Biosciences Institute, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil, and others)
pp. 101-124

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa: A Model Microorganism to Monitor Antibiotic Resistance Dissemination in the Environment
(Gertrudes Corção, Daiane Bopp Fuentefria, Aline Spindler, Letícia Muner Otton, Microbiology, Imunnology and Parasitology Department, Basic Health Science Institute, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and others) pp. 125-142

Combatting the Superbug: Structural Biology as a Way Out of the Resistance Trap
(Marco Bürger, Kim Remans, Department of Mechanistic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany)pp. 143-162

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa: A View from the Microcalorimetry
(N. Lago, J.L. Legido, I. Arias, Pharmacy Service, University of Vigo Hospital Complex (Xeral-Cíes), Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain, and others)pp. 163-172

Chronic Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection in Cystic Fibrosis
(Chloe E. James, Craig Winstanley, Joanne L. Fothergill, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, and others)* 173-214

Biofilm-Forming Ability and Antimicrobial Resistance of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Isolates of Veterinary Origin
(Manuela Oliveira, Sílvia Santos, Alexandre Leitão, Daniel De Vos, Jean-Paul Pirnay, nd Cristina Lobo Vilela, CIISA, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Lisboa, Portugal, and others)*pp. 215-226

Index pp. 227-242