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...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Auteurs principaux: | , , |
Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2018.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.