Superbugs: An Arms Race Against Bacteria

by Anthony McDonnell, William Hall, Jim O'Neill

Book Overview

Antibiotics are powerful drugs that can prevent and treat infections, but they are becoming less effective as a result of drug resistance. Resistance develops because the bacteria that antibiotics target can evolve ways to defend themselves against these drugs. When antibiotics fail, there is very little else to prevent an infection from spreading.

Unnecessary use of antibiotics in both humans and animals accelerates the evolution of drug-resistant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674975987
• ISBN13: 9780674975989
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"