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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Cambridge, UK :
Royal Society of Chemistry,
[2017]
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3579759 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.