Overview
Ankylosing spondylitis and Klebsiella is a handy and informative text on the cause of Ankylosing spondylitis
Contains full color illustrations and depicts the microbe Klebsiella’s action on the body
Ankylosing spondylitis and Klebsiella is a valuable information resource which contains all of the latest research on the subject making it accessible to patients, research institutions, pharmaceutical firms, universities, health professionals and the general public
Contains descriptions of antibodies to Klebsiella in AS patients from 15 different countries
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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About this book
Ankylosing spondylitis and Klebsiella is a comprehensive and informative text on the cause of Ankylosing spondylitis. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a condition which affects 20 million people worldwide and is likely caused or initiated by a bowel infection from Klebsiella bacteria.
When a patient is infected by Klebsiella bacteria, his or her immune system will make antibodies against all the antigens or molecules found in the microbe. Because some of the bacterial antigens resemble self tissues, the anti-bacterial antibodies will attack not only the bacteria but also the self tissues such as the joints and the cells having the same HLA molecules, which is how the disease AS starts. This is the concept of molecular similarity or “molecular mimicry” which previously has been found to work in two other autoimmune diseases; rheumatic fever and rheumatoid arthritis.
The first paper on this subject was published in 1976 and since then over 100 papers on rheumatological topics have been published, from Prof Ebringer’s group, at the Division of Life Sciences, King’s College in London, UK.
The relevant information from these papers is extracted and presented in this book format making it accessible to health professionals, research institutions, pharmaceutical companies and universities and the general public.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ankylosing spondylitis and Klebsiella
Authors: Alan Ebringer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4300-0
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-4299-7Published: 06 November 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-7204-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-4300-0Published: 08 November 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 256
Topics: Rheumatology