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Antibiotics / by Christine Zuchora-Walske ; content consultant, Erika Ernst, Associate Professor, University of Iowa College of Pharmacy

Author
Zuchora-Walske, Christine
Published
Minneapolis, MN : ABDO Publishing Company, [2013]
Copyright Date
©2014
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color).
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Contents
Back from the brink -- Early antimicrobials --Penicillin -- Antibiotic explosion -- Antibacterial antibiotics -- Antifungal antibiotics -- The problem of antibiotic resistance -- The future of antibiotics.
Summary
Amazing medical breakthroughs are made every day. In the past decades, medical researchers have cured diseases that were once deadly and devised new methods to heal that were once unimaginable. This title follows the development of antibiotics, including premodern forerunners to antibiotics, groundbreaking discoveries and the doctors who made them, and where the science is heading in the future. Learn how antibiotics work and why scientists need to continually discover new drugs. Sidebars, full-color photos, a glossary, and well-placed graphs, charts, and maps, enhance this engaging title--publisher.
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ISBN
9781624011719 (electronic bk.)
1624011713 (electronic bk.)
9781617839016
1617839019
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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