Superbugs : an arms race against bacteria /

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 specia...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Hall, William (Author of Superbugs) (Author), McDonnell, Anthony (Co-author of Superbugs) (Author), O'Neill, Jim (Economist) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Bacterial diseases > Prevention.
Medical policy.
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Health Policy
Politique sanitaire.
Micro-organismes > Résistance aux médicaments.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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