CELL WALL DEFICIENT FORMS: STEALTH PATHOGENS
Published by CRC Press. Circa. 2001
Slightly better than very good condition. "Lida Mattman writes beautifully and with great humor about cell wall deficient forms (CWD) i.e., stealth pathogen. Understanding CWD forms and their role in emerging global infections has a great impact on our survival." Third Edition. After perusing this volume, you should know: 1. What organism should be added to the childhood vaccine, especially for boys? 2. What bacterium in its pleomorphic state is found in direct smears of synovial fluid of rheumatoid arthritis cases? 3. In what chronic disease is an acid-fast organism routinely found in smears of 72-h blood cultures in any routine medium? 4. Which "bacterium" has a life cycle in the human erythrocyte as complex as that of Plasmodium malaria? 5. The L form, of which common pathogen can permanently damage mammaliam myocardium. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w illustrations416 pages including index.
2nd printing of the third edition. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.
ISBN: 0849387671
Stock no. 1830491
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