Main description:

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a disease associated with high morbidity and mortality. The goal of this volume is to present state-of-the-art knowledge on epidemiology, clinical presentation, immunology, pathology, and diagnosis of CAP including the identification of "new pathogens". Therapeutic approaches, antibiotics resistance, disease management and vaccination strategies are also covered.

Contents:

Diagnosis and treatment of community acquired pneumonia - the German perspective.-Detection of respiratory bacterial pathogens.- Viral pathogens and epidemiology, detection, therapy and resistance.- Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae.- Influenza.- Pathogenesis of Chlamydophila pneumoniae infections - epidemiology, immunity, cell biology, virulence factors.- Legionnaires' disease and its agent Legionella pneumophila.- Pathogenesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae infections: adaptive immunity, innate immunity, cell biology, virulence factors.- Pathogenesis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections: adaptive immunity, innate immunity, cell biology, and virulence factors.- Community-acquired pneumonia: paving the way towards new vaccination concepts