Iron and Infection : Molecular, Physiological

Sepsis is a global problem which requires urgent investigation, and this second edition of Iron and Infection will be essential reading for clinical microbiologists and infectious disease specialists.

List of Contributors

vii

(2)

Preface

ix

(1)

Preface to the First Edition

x

1 Iron in Biological Systems

1

(26)

E. Griffiths

2 Iron Proteins

27

(60)

R.W. Evans

J.B. Crawley

C.L. Joannou

N.D. Sharma

3 The Iron-uptake Systems of Pathogenic Bacteria, Fungi and Protozoa

87

(126)

E. Griffiths

P. Williams

4 Iron as a Regulatory Signal

213

(42)

E. Griffiths

H. Chart

5 Molecular Genetics of Iron Transport as a Component of Bacterial Virulence

255

(34)

J.H. Crosa

6 Iron and the Immune System

289

(38)

J.H. Brock

7 Iron-binding Proteins and Host Defence

327

(42)

J.J. Bullen

E. Griffiths

8 Clinical and Physiological Aspects

369

(82)

C.G. Ward

J.J. Bullen

9 Iron and Infection: Future Prospects

451

(32)

E. Griffiths

J.J. Bullen

Appendix 1 The Bleomycin Assay for Low-molecular-mass, Chelatable, Redox-active Iron in Biological Samples

483

(16)

J.M.C. Gutteridge

Appendix 2 Measurement of Serum Iron-binding Capacity

499

(6)

H.J. Rogers

Appendix 3 Measurement and Control of E(h)

505

(4)

A. Dobson

J.J. Bullen

Index

509

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