Superbug
Subtitle: how MRSA has surged out of control and is lurking in all corners of our lives
By: Maryn McKenna.
Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781416557272; 9781416557289
Subjects: Staphylococcus aureus infections; Methicillin resistance; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- United States; Health Policy -- United States; History, 20th Century -- United States; History, 21st Century -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The first alert; title: The cloud babies; title: The silent attack; title: The puzzle pieces; title: The biggest thing since AIDS; title: The flood rising; title: Gone without warning; title: The foe on the field; title: Prison, the perfect incubator; title: Into the food chain; title: Soap, the wonder cure; title: The end of antibiotics; title: The epidemics converging.