The antibiotic paradox : how the misuse of antibiotics destroys their curative power /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, MA :
Perseus Pub.,
[2002]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- From tragedy the antibiotic age is born
- The disease and the cure : the microscopic world of bacteria and antibiotics
- Reliance on medicines and self-medication : the seeds of antibiotic misuse
- Antibiotic resistance : microbial adaptation and evolution
- The antibiotic myth
- Antibiotics, animals, and the resistance gene pool
- Further ecological considerations : antibiotic use in agriculture, aquaculture, pets, and minor animal species
- Future prospects : new advances against impending disaster
- The individual and antibiotic resistance
- The antibacterial craze
- Antibiotic resistance : a societal issue at local, national, and international levels
- Epilogue : anthrax, bioterrism, and antibiotic stockpiling: consequences beyond the scare