Meningococcal Disease
Pollard, Andrew J.; Maiden, Martin C.J.
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Description for Meningococcal Disease
Hardback. A comprehensive guide to current methodologies used for the detection, management and monitoring of meningococcal disease. Series: Methods in Molecular Medicine. Num Pages: 721 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1272.
Meningococcal septicemia and meningitis continue to be important causes of devastating illness, death, and long-term disability in both developed and resource-poor countries of the world. Few diseases have attracted as much public attention, or are as feared by parents and family members, as well as the medical staff who have to care for affected patients. The unexpected and unp- dictable occurrence of the disease in previously healthy children and young adults, its rapid progression, and the frequent occurrence of purpura fulminans with the resulting gangrene of limbs and digits and the requirement for mutilating s- gery, have all heightened both ... Read more
Meningococcal septicemia and meningitis continue to be important causes of devastating illness, death, and long-term disability in both developed and resource-poor countries of the world. Few diseases have attracted as much public attention, or are as feared by parents and family members, as well as the medical staff who have to care for affected patients. The unexpected and unp- dictable occurrence of the disease in previously healthy children and young adults, its rapid progression, and the frequent occurrence of purpura fulminans with the resulting gangrene of limbs and digits and the requirement for mutilating s- gery, have all heightened both ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
721
Condition
New
Series
Methods in Molecular Medicine
Number of Pages
721
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9780896038493
SKU
V9780896038493
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Meningococcal Disease
"The editors invited the most skilled specialists in the world, 95 contributors, to share with the readers their knowledge of many aspects of meningococcal disease....The book is a brilliant and comprehensive review of the most recent methods for investigation of meningococcal disease and Neisseria meningitidis. It also includes detailed protocols, which should contribute to standardization of meningococcal investigation in the ... Read more