Attack of the Superbugs
The Crisis of Drug-resistant Diseases
Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, [2005]
Format: Book
Description: 128 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
When antibiotics were first discovered in the middle of the twentieth century, it seemed that they would be the answer to the long struggle against infectious diseases, but over time, pathogens, such as disease-causing viruses and bacteria, have evolved so that they "outsmart" the drugs that are supposed to destroy them. Now many of the medicines that people count on to make them better no longer work. Author Kathiann M. Kowalski explains how this happened, the problems it causes worldwide, and what scientists think might be done to overcome the problem.
Series: Issues in focus today.
Contents:
Superbugs attack -- Battle against the "bugs" -- Prescription for trouble? -- Not just what the doctor ordered -- Special problems -- Seeking solutions -- Time for decisions -- Chronology -- Chapter notes -- Glossary -- For more information -- Further reading and Internet addresses.
ISBN:
0766024008
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HEALTH Outbreak Kow | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Adult | In |
Includes bibliographical references (page 124) and index.