Staphylococcus aureus

__Staphylococcus aureus__ provides information on food borne outbreaks of disease and their impact on human health. It is for anyone interested in the features of the pathogen, and its food safety aspects, as well as its prevalence and possible control and eradication options. This is a practical reference for those in the food industry, but also includes some theoretical information useful for advising. The book introduces detailed features and molecular biology of the pathogen, as well as selective methods of detection, prevention and eradication essential for research. It covers methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus for food related industries, information on genetic lineages, cell wall components, cell division machinery, molecular characterization, and capillary electrophoresis for detecting and characterizing staphylococcus aureus. * Includes information on established and novel antibiotic agents for experimental studies and methods of control and eradication * Presents use cases of outbreak studies in molecular and cell biology * Provides summary points of detection methods and applicability of those methods to other foodborne pathogens * Covers the Staphylococcus aureus’ mode of transmission, detection, biology and impact on foodborne illness Content: Front Cover Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus Copyright Contents List of Contributors Preface 1 -- INTRODUCTION 1 -- STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS-A FOODBORNE PATHOGEN: EPIDEMIOLOGY, DETECTION, CHARACTERIZATION, PREVENTION, AND CONTROL: AN OVERVIEW 1. INTRODUCTION 2. STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS-A BRIEF OVERVIEW 3. STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AS FOODBORNE PATHOGEN-THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD PERSPECTIVE 4. STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AS FOODBORNE PATHOGEN-THE PERSPECTIVE FROM THE DEVELOPING WORLD 5. STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS-A FOODBORNE PATHOGEN: EPIDEMIOLOGY, DETECTION, CHARACTERIZATION, PREVENTION, AND CONTROL-WHAT THE BOOK ...6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION REFERENCES II -- CHARACTERISTICS AND DETECTION OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS 2 -- PATHOGENESIS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. IMPACT ON HEALTH 2.1 COLONIZATION AND ITS CLINICAL IMPACT 2.2 CLINICAL SYNDROMES 3. GENETIC BASIS FOR VIRULENCE 3.1 STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS PHAGES 3.2 STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS PATHOGENICITY ISLANDS 4. REGULATORY SYSTEMS 4.1 GLOBAL REGULATORS 4.1.1 Regulatory RNAs 5. ADHESION 5.1 CELL WALL-ANCHORED PROTEINS5.2 EXTRACELLULAR SUGAR-BASED POLYMERS 5.2.1 Teichoic Acids 6. BACTERIAL INTERFERENCE 7. AGGRESSIVE POTENTIAL: TOXINS 7.1 PORE-FORMING PROTEIN TOXINS (MEMBRANE-DAMAGING TOXINS) 7.2 SUPERANTIGENS AND OTHER NONMEMBRANE-DAMAGING TOXINS THAT INTERFERE WITH RECEPTOR FUNCTION 7.3 ENZYMATIC ACTING TOXINS 8. EVASION: BLOCKING AND ESCAPING THE HOST'S IMMUNE RESPONSE 8.1 RESISTING PHAGOCYTIC ACTIVITY 8.2 INTERNALIZATION/INVASION AND INTRACELLULAR PERSISTENCE 9. CONCLUSION AND PERSPECTIVE REFERENCES 3 -- STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ENTEROTOXINS 1. INTRODUCTION

Staphylococcus aureus provides information on food borne outbreaks of disease and their impact on human health. It is for anyone interested in the features of the pathogen, and its food safety aspects, as well as its prevalence and possible control and eradication options. This is a practical reference for those in the food industry, but also includes some theoretical information useful for advising.

The book introduces detailed features and molecular biology of the pathogen, as well as selective methods of detection, prevention and eradication essential for research. It covers methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus for food related industries, information on genetic lineages, cell wall components, cell division machinery, molecular characterization, and capillary electrophoresis for detecting and characterizing staphylococcus aureus.

• Includes information on established and novel antibiotic agents for experimental studies and methods of control and eradication
• Presents use cases of outbreak studies in molecular and cell biology
• Provides summary points of detection methods and applicability of those methods to other foodborne pathogens
• Covers the Staphylococcus aureus’ mode of transmission, detection, biology and impact on foodborne illness