Streptococci and enterococci are the etiologic agents of infectious diseases that rank among the most severe in human pathology. The diagnosis, antibiotherapy, and prevention of the streptococcal diseases have improved considerably. However, the reemergence of severe streptococcal and enterococcal diseases constitutes a growing public health con cern, which remains open to scientific and medical debate. The XIII'h Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases, held at Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, September 16---2el, 1996, attracted 505 par ticipants from 43 countries. Twenty-two percent of the participants were students, a clear sign of the intense interest in this field. Of the 390 presentations made at the symposium, 260 were submitted as manuscripts for the Proceedings; we have included 249 of these in this volume. This symposium provided a forum for the presentation of the most recent findings and approaches to understanding several important fields, such as new aspects of infec tion, bacteria~host interactions, epidemiology, and molecular genetics of streptococci and enterococci. Over the last three years, the study of these subjects has expanded as increas ingly sophisticated methods of molecular analysis have been applied to investigate the bi ology of pathogenic streptococci and enterococci. Virulence, vaccine strategies, genetics, antibiotic resistance, epidemiology, and immunology are now being examined through the lens of molecular biology. The application of recently developed techniques to this field will continue to yield insight into the mechanism by which these organisms cause disease.
Editors and Affiliations
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Thea Horaud
Hôtel Dieu Hospital, University Paris VI, Paris, France
Anne Bouvet
Henri Mondor Hospital, University Paris XII, Creteil, France
Roland Leclercq
Hospital of Fleyriat, Bourg en Bresse, France
Henri Montclos
University Paul Sabatier and National Center of Scientific Research, Toulouse, France
Michel Sicard
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Streptococci and the Host
Editors: Thea Horaud, Anne Bouvet, Roland Leclercq, Henri Montclos, Michel Sicard
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 1997
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45603-9Published: 30 September 1997
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-1827-7Published: 20 June 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-1825-3Published: 08 November 2013
