Rising plague : the global threat from deadly bacteria and our dwindling arsenal to fight them / Brad Spellberg ; foreword by David Gilbert.
2009
616.9041 S743r 2009
Available at 2nd (Main) Floor
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Title
Rising plague : the global threat from deadly bacteria and our dwindling arsenal to fight them / Brad Spellberg ; foreword by David Gilbert.
Author
ISBN
9781591027508 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1591027500 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1591027500 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Imprint
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2009.
Language
English
Description
264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
616.9041 S743r 2009
System Control No.
(OCoLC)318873036
(OCoLC)318873036
(OCoLC)318873036
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-255) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
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