Attack of the superbugs
Subtitle: the crisis of drug-resistant diseases
By: Kathiann M. Kowalski
Series: Issues in focus today
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780766024007
Subjects: Drug resistance in microorganisms; Juvenile literature
Description: When antibiotics were first discovered in the middle of the twentieth century, it seemed that they would be the answer to people's long struggle against infectious diseases. But over time, pathogens such as disease-causing viruses and bacteria have evolved so that they outsmart the drugs that are supposed to destroy them. Now, many of the medicines that people count on to make them better no longer work. Author Kowalski explains how this happened, the problems it causes worldwide, and what scientists think might be done to overcome the problem.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Superbugs attack; title: Battle against the "bugs"; title: Prescription for trouble?; title: Not just what the doctor ordered; title: Special problems; title: Seeking solutions; title: Time for decisions.