Title Superbugs : an arms race against bacteria / William Hall, Anthony McDonnell, and Jim O'Neill.

Publication Info.	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
	©2018

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Description	1 online resource (ix, 246 pages) : illustrations
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Series	Baker & Taylor Books (Firm). Axis 360.
Summary	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.-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Part I. The rise of resistance: When a scratch could kill -- The rise of resistance -- Failures in tackling drug-resistant infections -- Part II. Solutions to counter antimicrobial resistance: Incentivizing the creation of new drugs -- Prevention is better than cure -- Reducing unnecessary use of antibiotics in humans -- Agriculture and the environment -- Next steps.
Note	Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 15, 2018).
Subject	Drug resistance in microorganisms.
	Bacterial diseases -- Prevention.
	Medical policy.
	Drug Resistance, Microbial.
	HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
	MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
	MEDICAL -- Diseases.
	MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
	MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
	Bacterial diseases -- Prevention. (OCoLC)fst00825205
	Drug resistance in microorganisms. (OCoLC)fst00898704
	Medical policy. (OCoLC)fst01014505
Topical Term	MEDICAL / Public Health.
Genre/Form	Electronic book.
Added Author	McDonnell, Anthony (Co-author of Superbugs), author.
	O'Neill, Jim (Economist), author.
Added Title	Arms race against bacteria
Other Form:	Print version: Hall, William (Author of Superbugs). Superbugs. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018 9780674975989 0674975987 (DLC) 2017049342
ISBN	9780674985094 (electronic bk.)
	0674985095 (electronic bk.)
	9780674985070 (electronic bk.)
	0674985079 (electronic bk.)

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