Jacobs, William R. Jr.

The war against extensively drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis intelligence acquisition / [electronic resource] : William Jacobs. - London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2009. - 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (42 min.) : color, sound). - Molecular basis of bacterial infection : virulence factors of pathogenic bacteria and how they work, 2056-452X . - Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Molecular basis of bacterial infection. .

Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration. Title from title frames.

Contents: Tuberculosis today -- Susceptibility pattern -- Hospital acquired XDR-TB -- XDR-TB realities -- TB sanatorium evolution -- Development of knowledge of TB -- Causes of consumption: Samuel Sheldon Fitch and Edward Livingston Trudeau -- Molecular Koch's postulate -- Why no genetics for M. tuberculosis? -- Mycobacteriophage delivery vectors -- Genetics = new knowledge -- Bacille Calmette and Guerin (BCG) -- Reconstruction of BCG -- Primary attenuation of BCG -- By understanding how M. Tuberculosis evades immunity it should be possible to make better vaccines than BCG.

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Bacterial Infections.
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