Bacterial Infections: Changes in their Causative Agents Trends and Possible Basis

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Welcome....Pages 1-1
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Changing Prevalence of Pathogenic Bacteria in Relation to Time and the Introduction and Use of New Antimicrobial Agents....Pages 4-23
The Changing Pattern of Infecting Organisms....Pages 25-29
Etiology of Pyogenic and Urinary Tract Infections in the Region of Cologne....Pages 31-35
The Change of Causative Agents in Wound Infection, Septicaemia and Meningitis in a 2000-Bed Hospital from 1957 to 1968....Pages 37-47
Distribution of Pneumococcus Types at Different Times in Different Areas....Pages 49-59
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Non-Specific Mechanisms of Resistance to Infection and their Influence on the Changing Pattern of Causative Agents....Pages 62-69
Opportunists and Opportunity in Infection....Pages 71-79
The Colonisation of Ventriculo-Atrial Shunts by Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci....Pages 81-90
Pathogenic Significance of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci....Pages 91-97
Changes in the Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus ....Pages 99-109
Pool of Staphylococcal Infections in a Hospital....Pages 111-123
Changes of the Infectious Pool in the Hospital with Regard to Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli ....Pages 125-132
Occurrence of Serratia marcescens in Soft Tissue Infections....Pages 133-143
Septic Infections by Bacteria of Low Pathogenicity in Patients with Resistance Reduced by Chemotherapy....Pages 145-156
Influence of Antibiotic Treatment on the Bacterial Flora of Severe Burns....Pages 157-164
An Antibody Response in Pyelonephritis after Change in Causative Organisms....Pages 165-172
L-Forms: Problems and Outlook....Pages 173-188
Role of Deficient Mutants in Microbial Persistence....Pages 189-199
Epidemiological Investigations of R-Factor Bearing Enterobacteriaceae in Man and Animals in Germany....Pages 201-207
General Discussion....Pages 209-219
Back Matter....Pages 221-231