Superbugs
Subtitle: an arms race against bacteria
By: William Hall, Anthony McDonnell, and Jim O'Neill
Contributors: McDonnell, Anthony (Co-author of Superbugs), author; O'Neill, Jim (Economist), author
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780674975989
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Drug resistance in microorganisms; Medical policy; Bacterial diseases; Prevention
Description: 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 specialists can adopt.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Sally Davies; title: Introduction; title: Part I. The problem of drugresistance. When a scratch could kill; title: The rise of resistance; title: Failures in tackling drug-resistant infections; title: Part II. Solutions to counter antimicrobial resistance. Incentives for new drug development; title: Prevention is better than cure; title: Reducing unnecessary use of antibiotics in humans; title: Agriculture and the environment; title: Next steps.