Overview
- Reviews the virulence factors and pathogenic mechanisms of H. pylori
- Assesses microbial epidemiology and gastric pathogenesis following H. pylori infections
- Offers a wealth of valuable insights for microbiologists and medical scientists alike
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 1149)
Part of the book sub series: Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health (AMIDPH)
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About this book
This book gathers a wealth of contributions on the virulence factors and pathogenic mechanism of Helicobacter pylori, prepared by leading international experts. In addition, it explores the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment with drugs and probiotics, and prophylaxis by vaccination, reflecting the latest advances.
H. pylori is a Gram negative microaerophilic bacterium that can produce various gastric diseases including gastritis, gastroduodenal ulceration, gastric cancer and gastric MALT lymphoma. Although efforts to combat H. pylori using a combination of proton pump inhibitor and several antimicrobial drugs have significantly decreased the burden of these gastric diseases, the microbial epidemiology and gastric pathogenesis following H. pylori infection are still not fully understood.
Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource not only for basic microbiologists, but also for researchers in the fields of pathology, biochemistry and genomics, as well as medical students/scientists.
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Editors and Affiliations
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Shigeru Kamiya (Kyorin University, Japan)
Steffen Backert (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen, Germany)
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Helicobacter pylori in Human Diseases
Book Subtitle: Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health Volume 11
Editors: Shigeru Kamiya, Steffen Backert
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21916-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21915-4Published: 08 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21918-5Published: 08 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-21916-1Published: 22 October 2019
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 284
Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour
Topics: Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology