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Rising plague : the global threat from deadly bacteria and our dwindling arsenal to fight them / by Brad Spellberg ; foreword by David Gilbert.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2009Description: 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1591027500
  • 9781591027508
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.9041 22
LOC classification:
  • QR177 .S64 2009
Contents:
To die from an untreatable infection--no one is safe -- Hard lessons learned from Mrs. C. -- Infections, antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance -- Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus: deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria escape the hospital -- Beyond MRSA: infections resistant to virtually all antibiotics -- Lack of antibiotic development -- The war against microbes? -- Forget pharmaceutical companies, the government can create new antibiotics--Not! -- "Toxic pharmaceutical politics" and finger pointing -- So what will work? -- What can you do to help? -- Consequences and conclusions.
Summary: "In Rising Plague, Dr. Brad Spellberg--an infectious diseases specialist and member of a national task force charged with attacking antibiotic resistant infections--tells the story of this potentially grave public health crisis. The author shares true and very moving patient stories to emphasize the terrible frustration he and his colleagues have experienced while attempting to treat untreatable infections, not to mention the heart-break and tragedy that many of these patients' families have had to endure."--Inside cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-255) and index.

To die from an untreatable infection--no one is safe -- Hard lessons learned from Mrs. C. -- Infections, antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance -- Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus: deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria escape the hospital -- Beyond MRSA: infections resistant to virtually all antibiotics -- Lack of antibiotic development -- The war against microbes? -- Forget pharmaceutical companies, the government can create new antibiotics--Not! -- "Toxic pharmaceutical politics" and finger pointing -- So what will work? -- What can you do to help? -- Consequences and conclusions.

"In Rising Plague, Dr. Brad Spellberg--an infectious diseases specialist and member of a national task force charged with attacking antibiotic resistant infections--tells the story of this potentially grave public health crisis. The author shares true and very moving patient stories to emphasize the terrible frustration he and his colleagues have experienced while attempting to treat untreatable infections, not to mention the heart-break and tragedy that many of these patients' families have had to endure."--Inside cover.

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