Superbugs an arms race against bacteria

Superbugs an arms race against bacteria

Antibiotics are powerful drugs that can prevent and treat infections, but they are becoming less effective as a result of drug resistance. Superbugs describes this growing global threat, the systematic failures that have led to it, and solutions that governments, industries, and public health specia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hall, William (Author of Superbugs)
Other Authors: McDonnell, Anthony (Co-author of Superbugs), O'Neill, Jim (Economist)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Bacterial diseases > Prevention.
Medical policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Drug Resistance, Microbial.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy
EBSCO eBooks
Electronic books.
Online Access:EBSCOhost
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The rise of resistance: When a scratch could kill
  • The rise of resistance
  • Failures in tackling drug-resistant infections
  • Part II. Solutions to counter antimicrobial resistance: Incentivizing the creation of new drugs
  • Prevention is better than cure
  • Reducing unnecessary use of antibiotics in humans
  • Agriculture and the environment
  • Next steps.

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