Hunting the nightmare bacteria
By: produced by Raney Aronson, Missy Frederick, Rick Young ; written and directed by Rick Young
Contributors: Lyman, Will, 1948- narrator; American University (Washington, D.C.).   School of Communication.  Investigative Reporting Workshop; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), 
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: Diseases; Causes and theories of causation; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Infection; Epidemiology; Bacterial Infections; Disease Outbreaks; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Bacteria
Other titles: Nightmare bacteria; Frontline (Television program). Hunting the nightmare bacteria.
Description: Frontline reporter David Hoffman investigates the alarming rise in hospitals, communities, and across the globe of untreatable infections. Fueled by decades of antibiotic overuse, the crisis has deepened as major drug companies have abandoned the development of new antibiotics. Without swift action, the miracle age of antibiotics could be coming to an end.
Notes: Dolby digital stereo, wide screen 1.85:1.

Camera, Tim Grucza, Travis Fox ; editor, Anthony Szulc.

Will Lyman, narrator.

Originally broadcast as an episode of the television program by PBS Oct. 22, 2013; copyright help by WGBH Educational Foundation.

TV rating: Not rated.

For private home use only.

Closed-captioned.