The antibiotic paradox : how miracle drugs are destroying the miracle / Stuart B. Levy.
By: Levy, Stuart B
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TextPublisher: New York : Plenum Press, c1992Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-265) and index.Description: xiv, 279 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0306443317 :.Subject(s): Drug resistance in microorganisms | Antibiotics | Antibiotics -- Physiological effect | Bacteria -- Effect of drugs onDDC classification: 615/.329 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 615 L579 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284001298041 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-265) and index.
From tragedy the antibiotic age is born -- The disease and cure : the microscopic world of bacteria and anitbiotics -- Reliance on medicines and self-medication : the seeds of antibiotic misuse -- Antibiotic resistance : microbial adaptation and evolution -- The antibiotic myth -- Antibiotics, animals, and the resistance gene pool -- Further ecological considerations : antibiotic use in agriculture, acquaculture, pets, and minor animal species -- Future prospects : new advances against potential disaster -- The individual and antibiotic resistance -- Antibiogic resistance : a societal issue at local, national, and international levels.
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