Rising plague : the global threat from deadly bacteria and our dwindling arsenal to fight them /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spellberg, Brad
Other Authors: Gilbert, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Hard lessons learned from Mrs. C.
  • Infections, antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance
  • Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus : deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria escape the hospital
  • Beyond MRSA : infections resistant to virtually all antibiotics
  • Lack of antibiotic development
  • The war against microbes?
  • Forget pharmaceutical companies, the government can create new antibiotics--not!
  • "Toxic pharmaceutical politics" and finger pointing
  • So what will work?
  • What can you do to help?
  • Consequences and conclusions.