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Section I. The Gram-Positive Cell Wall 1 -- Ultrastructure of Gram-Positive Cell Walls / Terry J. Beveridge 3 -- Surface Proteins on Gram-Positive Bacteria / Vincent A. Fischetti 11 -- Section II. The Streptococcus 25 -- Intracellular Invasion by Streptococcus pyogenes : Invasins, Host Receptors, and Relevance to Human Disease / David Cue, Priscilla E. Dombek, P. Patrick Cleary 27 -- Capsular Polysaccharide of Group A Streptococcus / Michael R. Wessels 34 -- Toxins and Superantigens of Group A Streptococci / John K. McCormick, Patrick M. Schlievert 43 -- Genetics of Group A Streptococci / Michael Caparon 53 -- Cross-Reactive Antigens of Group A Streptococci / Madeleine W. Cunningham 66 -- Extracellular Matrix Interactions with Gram-Positive Pathogens / Gursharan S. Chhatwal, Klaus T. Preissner 78 -- Streptococci-Mediated Host Cell Signaling / Vijaykumar Pancholi 87 -- Vaccine Approaches To Protect against Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis / Vincent A. Fischetti 96 -- The Bacteriophages of Group A Streptococci / W. Michael McShan 105 -- Molecular Epidemiology, Ecology, and Evolution of Group A Streptococci / Debra E. Bessen, Susan K. Hollingshead 117 -- Pathogenic Mechanisms and Virulence Factors of Group B Streptococci / Victor Nizet, Craig E. Rubens 125 -- Surface Structures of Group B Streptococcus Important in Human Immunity / Lawrence C. Paoletti, Lawrence C. Madoff, Dennis L. Kasper 137 -- Epidemiology of Group B Streptococcal Infections / Sharon Balter, Cynthia G. Whitney, Anne Schuchat 154 -- Genetics and Pathogenicity Factors of Groups C and G Streptococci / Horst Malke 163 -- Pathogenicity Factors in Group C and G Streptococci / Gursharan S. Chhatwal, Susanne R. Talay 177 -- Group C and Group G Streptococcal Infections : Epidemiologic and Clinical Aspects / Harold R. Oster, Alan L. Bisno 184 -- The Cell Wall of Streptococcus pneumoniae / Alexander Tomasz, Werner Fischer 191 -- Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsular Polysaccharide / James C. Paton, Judy K. Morona 201 -- Streptococcus pneumoniae : Invasion and Inflammation / Khoosheh Gosink, Elaine Tuomanen 214 -- Phase Variation of Streptococcus pneumoniae / Jeffrey N. Weiser 225 -- Genetics of Streptococcus pneumoniae / Janet Yother 232 -- Pneumococcal Vaccines / D.E. Briles, J.C. Paton, E. Swiatlo 244 -- Pathogenicity of Enterococci / Lynn E. Hancock, Michael S. Gilmore 251 -- Enterococcal Genetics / Keith E. Weaver 259 -- Pathogenesis of Oral Streptococci / R.R.B. Russell 272 -- Streptococcus mutans : Molecular Genetic Analysis / Howard K. Kuramitsu 280 -- Genetics of Streptococcus sanguis / Howard F. Jenkinson 287 -- Genetics of Lactococci / Patrick Duwat, Karin Hammer, Alexandre Bolotin 295 -- Section III. The Staphylococcus 307 -- Diagnostics, Typing, and Taxonomy / Wolfgang Witte 309 -- Genetic and Physical Map of the Chromosome of Staphylococcus aureus 8325 / John J. Iandolo 317 -- Genetics : Accessory Elements and Genetic Exchange / Neville Firth, Ronald A. Skurray 326 -- Carbohydrate Catabolism : Pathways and Regulation / Reinhold Bruckner, Joannis Bassias 339 -- Respiration and Small-Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus / Richard A. Proctor 345 -- The Staphylococcal Cell Wall / Alexander Tomasz 351 -- Staphylococcal Capsule / Chia Y. Lee, Jean C. Lee 361 -- Staphylococcus aureus Exotoxins / Gregory A. Bohach, Timothy J. Foster 367 -- Extracellular Enzymes / Staffan Arvidson 379 -- Staphylococcal Surface Proteins / Magnus Hook, Timothy J. Foster 386 -- Pathogenicity Factors and Their Regulation / Richard P. Novick 392 -- Staphylococcus aureus-Eukaryotic Cell Interactions / Franklin D. Lowy 408 -- The Epidemiology of Staphylococcus Infections / Fred C. Tenover, Robert P. Gaynes 414 -- Animal Models of Experimental Staphylococcus aureus Infection / L. Vincent Collins, Andrej Tarkowski 422 -- Cellular and Extracellular Defenses against Staphylococcal Infections / Jerrold Weiss, Arnold S. Bayer, Michael Yeaman 431 -- Biology and Pathogenicity of Staphylococcus epidermidis / Christine Heilmann, Georg Peters 442 -- Biology and Pathogenicity of Staphylococci Other than Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis / Gerard Lina, Jerome Etienne, Francois Vandenesch 450 -- Antibiotic Resistance in the Staphylococci / Steven J. Projan 463 -- Section IV. The Listeria 471 -- Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of Listeria monocytogenes Infection / Walter F. Schlech III 473 -- Immune and Inflammatory Responses to Listeria monocytogenes Infection / Alyce Finelli, Eric G. Pamer 480 -- Genetic Tools for Use with Listeria monocytogenes / Nancy E. Freitag 488 -- Regulation of Virulence Genes in Pathogenic Listeria spp. / Werner Goebel, Jurgen Kreft, Regine Bockmann 499 -- The Cell Biology of Invasion and Intracellular Growth by Listeria monocytogenes / Pascale Cossart, Daniel A. Portnoy 507 -- Section V. Spore-Forming Pathogens and Gram-Positive Actinomycetales 517 -- Bacillus anthracis / Theresa M. Koehler 519 -- Clostridial Genetics / Dena Lyras, Julian I. Rood 529 -- Neurotoxigenic Clostridia / Eric A. Johnson 540 -- Enterotoxic Clostridia : Clostridium perfringens Type A and Clostridium difficile / Bruce A. McClane, David M. Lyerly, J. Scott Moncrief 551 -- Histotoxic Clostridia / Dennis L. Stevens, Julian I. Rood 563 -- Corynebacterium diphtheriae : Iron-Mediated Activation of DtxR and Regulation of Diphtheria Toxin Expression / John F. Love, John R. Murphy 573 -- Actinomyces : Surface Macromolecules and Bacteria-Host Interactions / Maria K. Yeung 583 -- The Pathogenesis of Nocardia / Blaine L. Beaman 594 -- Section VI. Antibiotic and Heavy Metal Resistance Mechanisms 607 -- Mechanisms of Resistance of [beta]-Lactam Antibiotics / Douglas S. Kernodle 609 -- Resistance of Glycopeptides in Gram-Positive Pathogens / Henry S. Fraimow, Patrice Courvalin 621 -- Aminoglycoside Resistance in Gram-Positive Bacteria / Karen J. Shaw, Gerard D. Wright 635 -- Mechanisms of Resistance to Heavy Metals and Quaternary Amines / Simon Silver, Richard Novick, Amit Gupta 647 -- Tetracycline Resistance in Gram-Positive Bacteria / Laura M. McMurry, Stuart B. Levy 660 -- Chloramphenicol Resistance / Iain A. Murray 678 -- Mechanisms of Fluoroquinolone Resistance / David C. Hooper 685 -- Resistance to the Macrolide-Lincosamide-Streptogramin Antibiotics / Bernard Weisblum 694. |