Main description:

The aim of this book is to educate clinicians and basic scientists in the multiple roles that bacteria have as causative as well as therapeutic agents in urologic disease. Within this scope, clinicians will be introduced and educated about the basic mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis that lead to disease, as well as the non-pathogenic mechanisms that contribute to the prevention and treatment of patients. Conversely, basic scientists will be educated about the clinical implications of bacterial based therapeutics and infections. By combining the basic science and clinical views, this book will serve to bring both basic scientists and clinicians onto an even plain that may raise ideas for future collaborative research.

Feature:

Different bacterial resistance mechanisms are outlined to provide the reader with a basic understanding of the different mechanisms though which bacteria resist common antibiotics

This book will discuss signs and symptoms of urosepsis to help the reader recognise and identify patients suffering from it

Back cover:

This useful book addresses the pathogenic, therapeutic and preventative roles of bacteria in urology. The authors look at the basic mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis that lead to disease, as well as the non-pathogenic mechanisms that contribute to the prevention and treatment of patients. The guidelines from the major international associations are also covered, including the recommended antibiotic treatments for urinary tract infections.

The Role of Bacteria in Urology brings together basic science and clinical views in one book to give scientists and clinicians an even field that may raise ideas for future collaborative research.

Contents:

1. Bacteria in the Genitourinary Tract.- 2. Overview of Urinary Tract Infections.- 3. Pathogenic Mechanisms of Uropathogens.- 4. Urosepsis- Pathogenesis and Treatment.- 5. Struvite Stone Formation by Ureolytic Biofilm Infections.- 6. The Management of Infection Stones.- 7. The Use of Bacteria to Treat Recurrent Calcium Oxalate Kidney Stone Disease.- 8. Role of Oxalobacter Formigenes Colonization in Calcium Oxalate Kidney Stone Disease.- 9. BCG for the Treatment of Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer.