Campylobacter

Understanding of the clinical significance of Campylobacter infection has increased dramatically with the elucidation of its role as a trigger of the Guillain Barr‚ Ssyndrome. In addition, the entire genomic sequence of Campylobacter jejuni has been determined, permitting detailed analysis of the physiology of the organism, as well as its interactation with its vertebrate hosts. This comprehensive resource is a state-of-the-art compendium of the knowns and unknowns in the field of "Campylobacteriology." A successor to the 1992 volume Campylobacter jejuni: Current Status and Future Trends, it reviews the major developments in the clinical management of Campylobacter jejuni infections, which are now recognized as the most common bacterial cause of food-borne bacterial infections in the United States. While the major focus remains C. jejuni, the editors have broadened the book's scope to include related species. Valuable reading for all clinicians, scientists, ecologists

Frank Moler Aarestrup: Danish Veterinary Laboratory, Copenhagen Denmark Ban Mishu Allos: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN Richard Alm: Astra Research Center Boston, Cambridge, MA Gerald O. Aspinall: Department of Chemistry, York University, North York, Toronto, Ontario Canada Timothy J. Barrett: Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333 Jeffrey B. Bender: Acute Disease Epidemiology Section, Minnesota Department of Health Minneapolis, MN 55414 Martin J. Blaser: Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN Jean-Paul Butzler: WHO Collaborating Center for Enteric Campylobacter, St. Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium Voon L. Chan: Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Peter J. Coloe: Department of Applied Biology and Biotechnology, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia B. Duim: Institute for Animal Science and Health Lelystad, The Netherlands Jorgen Engberg: Department of Gastrointestinal Infections, Division of Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark James G. Fox: Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Health and Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA C. R. Friedman: Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA J. A. Frost: Campylobacter Reference Unit, Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, United Kingdom Benjamin N. Fry: Department of Applied Biology and Biotechnology, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia Patricia Guerry: Enteric Diseases Program, Naval Medical Research Center, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD Eric Kurt Hani: Department of Microbiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Canada Tony W. Ho: Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Lan Hu: Laboratory of Enteric and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Bethesda, MD Wilma Jacobs-Reitsma: ID-Lelystad Institute for Animal Science and Health, Lelystad, The Netherlands Angela Joe: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Lynn A. Joens: Department of Veterinary Science and Department of Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Bruce Kaplan: Veterinary Medical Staff Officer, Office of Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA (retired), Sarasota, FL Julian M. Ketley: Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester United Kingdom Michael E. Konkel: School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA Dennis J. Kopecko: Laboratory of Enteric and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Bethesda, MD Victoria Korolik: School of Health Science, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia Albert J. Lastovica: Department of Medical Microbiology, Red Cross Children's Hospital, and Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Jennifer Lynett: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada R. H. Madden: Food Microbiology, DANI/QUB, Agricultural and Food Science Centre, Belfast Northern Ireland Ann Marie McNamara: Sara Lee Foods, Cordova, TN formerly Microbiology Division, Office of Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, Washington, DC Richard J. Meinersmann: Poultry Processing and Meat Quality Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Athens, GA Philip F. Mixter: School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA Anthony P. Moran: Department of Microbiology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland Irving Nachamkin: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA J. Neimann: Danish Veterinary Laboratory, Danish Zoonosis Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark Diane G. Newell: Veterinary Laboratories Agency (Weybridge), New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey United Kingdom David Ng: Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Richard A. Oberhelman: Tulane School of Public Health and Tropic Medicine, New Orleans, LA Graham M. O'Hanlon: University Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, United Kingdom Neil J. Oldfield: Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester United Kingdom Stephen L. W. On: Danish Veterinary Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark Michael T. Osterholm: Acute Disease Epidemiology Section, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, MN Simon F. Park: School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom John L. Penner: Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Carol L. Pickett: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Kentucky, Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY Gerri M. Ransom: Emerging Microbial Issues Branch, Microbiology Division, Office of Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, Washington, DC David B. Schauer: Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Health and Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Daniel A. Scott: Enteric Disease Program, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD Martin B. Skirrow: Public Health Laboratory, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, United Kingdom Kirk E. Smith: Acute Disease Epidemiology Section, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, MN Marina Steele: Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Canada Bala Swaminathan: Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA Christine Szymanski: Enteric Diseases Program, Naval Medical Research Center, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD R. V. Tauxe: Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA David N. Taylor: Department of Enteric Infections, Division of Communicable Diseases and Immunology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC Diane E. Taylor: Departments of Medical Microbiology and Immunology and Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Alberta Canada Stuart A. Thompson: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA David R. Tribble: Enteric Diseases Program, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD Catharine A. Trieber: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Canada Trevor J. Trust: Astra Research Center Boston, Cambridge, MA J. van der Plas: Food Microbiology Department, TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute, AJ Zeist, The Netherlands Peter Vandamme: Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium I. Kaye Wachsmuth: Office of Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA, Washington, DC Jaap A. Wagenaar: Institute for Animal Science and Health (ID-Lelystad), Lelystad, The Netherlands Trudy M. Wassenaar: Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany H. C. Wegener: Danish Veterinary Laboratory, Danish Zoonosis Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark Hugh J. Willison: University Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom Vincent B. Young: Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Health, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, and Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA