The Killers Within: The Deadly Rise Of Drug-Resistant Bacteria

by Michael Shnayerson

Paperback, 2003

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Available

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616.904101

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Publication

Back Bay Books (2003), Edition: Reprint, 336 pages

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Introduces the world of drug-resistant bacteria that are increasingly hardened against antibiotics and pose a deadly new threat to human life.

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This is a fascinating - and horrifying - look at drug-resistant bacteria. I work in a hospital and it scares the bejeepers out of me.

Subjects

Drug resistance in microorganisms Popular works

Original language

English

Original publication date

2002

Physical description

336 p.; 5.51 inches

ISBN

0316735663 / 9780316735667

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