The antibiotic paradox : how the misuse of antibiotics destroys their curative powers / Stuart B. Levy.

  • Levy, Stuart B.
Date:
[2002], ©2002
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Publication/Creation

Cambridge, MA : Perseus Pub., [2002], ©2002.

Physical description

xx, 353 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 21 cm

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Edition

2nd ed.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-333) and index.

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.

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    Medical Collection
    WB330 2002L66a
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ISBN

  • 0738204404