The microbes fight back : antibiotic resistance /

Antibiotics are familiar drugs to us all, so familiar that we may take them for granted. They allow us to survive life-threatening infections, and allow us to protect the animals we farm for food. Many antibiotics have now become ineffective against common diseases, and there are few alternative tre...

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Hlavní autor: Bowater, Laura (Autor)
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cambridge, UK : Royal Society of Chemistry, [2017]
On-line přístup:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3579759
Obsah:
  • Antibiotic resistance : the state of play today
  • The microbiologists
  • Public health and infectious diseases
  • Microbial makeup and antibiotic targets
  • What is antibiotic resistance?
  • Spreading antibiotic resistance?
  • Moving forward while looking back.