The Killers Within: The Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria - Brossura

Shnayerson, Michael; Plotkin, Mark

Brossura

ISBN 10: 075153949X ISBN 13: 9780751539493

Casa editrice: Sphere, 2006

Riassunto

In June 1999, a 33-year-old woman walked into a San Francisco hospital complaining of acute pain in her legs. The day before, she had what she thought was a flu: fever, dizziness and abdominal pain. Within two hours of her admission to hospital, she was dead, and unrecognisable. The diagnosis: flesh-eating bacteria.

Bacteria are one of the most basic life forms on earth, yet they pose a threat to mankind that not even the most sophisticated scientific techniques can contain. The book charts the competition between the drug companies to develop a new super-antibiotic, and the race to save lives and make millions. It also describes the surprising return of a technique that predates penicillin - the development of a phage or virus that kills the bacteria from within.

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

* Dramatic, narrative-driven analysis of the increasing threat of drug-resistant bacteria to the world. * The Killers Within describes the full horror of our most primitive but potentially most deadly enemy - and man's attemptys to stop it.
* The Killers Within describes the full horror of our most primitive but potentially most deadly enemy - and man's attempts to stop it.

L'autore:

Mark Plotkin is a botanist who has done extensive groundbreaking research on healing plants and the new approaches to combating bacterial infections. Michael Shnayerson is a contributing editor to VANITY FAIR.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Sphere
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 075153949X
• ISBN 13: 9780751539493
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336