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The new killer diseases : how the alarming evolution of mutant germs threatens us all / by Levy, Elinor.(CARDINAL)637606; Fischetti, Mark.(CARDINAL)640842;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Drug resistance in microorganisms; Communicable diseases;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Biography of resistance : the epic battle between people and pathogens / by Zaman, Muhammad H.(Muhammad Hamid),author.(CARDINAL)832805;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Superbugs, born of antibiotic resistance, are a growing global health crisis. Award-winning educator and researcher at Boston University Muhammad Zaman, Ph. D. tells the story about how we got here and what we must do to combat this threat that connects us all"--What we're up against -- Fifty million dead -- Time and space -- Friends in far places -- Near the seed vault -- Keys to Karachi -- War and peace -- From the phages of history -- Sulfa and the war -- Mold juice -- Tablets from tears -- The new pandemic -- The man in the blue Mustang -- Honeymoon -- Mating bacteria -- S is for Soviet -- The Navy boys -- From animals to humans -- The Norwegian salmon -- Closer to Sydney than to Perth -- A classless problem -- The stubborn wounds of war -- Counting the dead -- Clues in the sewage -- X is for extensive -- Too much or too little? -- Visa not required -- The dry pipeline -- New ways to do old business -- A three-hundred-year-old idea -- Spoonful of sugar -- Conflict inside the cells -- Security or service? -- One world, one health -- Bankers, doctors, and diplomats.
Subjects: Popular works.; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Antibiotics;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 16
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The plague makers : how we are creating catastrophic new epidemics-- and what we must do to avert them / by Fisher, Jeffrey A.,1943-(CARDINAL)197548;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-240) and index.Prelude to disaster -- Hospitals: the places you go to get sick -- Apocalypse soon? -- The possible link between antiobiotics and AIDS -- Completing the AIDS hypothesis -- Dangerous exports from the Third World -- Bigger animals, more resistance -- First cures, first problems -- More cures and the widening problem -- The miseducation of physicians -- Fifteen things you can do to avert catastrophe -- A glossary of the most commonly used antibiotics in human therapy -- A specific guide to proper antiobiotic use -- Names and addresses of organizations and individuals concerned with proper antiobiotic use.
Subjects: Antibiotics; Drug resistance in microorganisms.; Nosocomial infections.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Superbugs : an arms race against bacteria / by Hall, William(Author of Superbugs),author.(CARDINAL)896086; McDonnell, Anthony(Co-author of Superbugs),author.(CARDINAL)896087; O'Neill, Jim(Economist),author.(CARDINAL)895319;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I. The rise of resistance: When a scratch could kill -- The rise of resistance -- Failures in tackling drug-resistant infections -- Part II. Solutions to counter antimicrobial resistance: Incentivizing the creation of new drugs -- Prevention is better than cure -- Reducing unnecessary use of antibiotics in humans -- Agriculture and the environment -- Next steps.Antibiotics are powerful drugs that can prevent and treat infections, but they are becoming less effective as a result of drug resistance. Superbugs describes this growing global threat, the systematic failures that have led to it, and solutions that governments, industries, and public health specialists can adopt.--
Subjects: Drug resistance in microorganisms.; Bacterial diseases; Medical policy.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Overkill : how our nation's abuse of antibiotics and other germ killers is hurting your health and what you can do about it / by Thompson, Kimberly M.(CARDINAL)662557; Bruce, Debra Fulghum,1951-(CARDINAL)733603;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Germs at a glance -- Calculating your risk quotient -- Protecting your health -- Caring for your children -- Hygiene in the home -- Eat, drink and be ... wary? -- Strategies for special situations.
Subjects: Communicable diseases; Hygiene.; Drug resistance in microorganisms.; Antibiotics.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The germ survival guide / by Bock, Kenneth,1953-(CARDINAL)534084; Bock, Steven J.(CARDINAL)390701; Faass, Nancy.(CARDINAL)657101;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-328) and index.Your best defenses -- Six strategies against germs -- The cast of characters -- Food prep and kitchen tips -- Clean drinking water -- Keeping house -- Airborne germs and molds -- Kids and germs -- Public places -- Hospitals and germs -- The family pet -- The safe traveler -- SARS: coping with an emergency epidemic -- Germ warfare -- What you can do to protect your family.
Subjects: Hygiene.; Medicine, Preventive.; Communicable diseases; Drug resistance in microorganisms.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Superbugs strike back : when antibiotics fail / by Goldsmith, Connie,1945-(CARDINAL)704659;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-108) and index.A temporary victory -- Bacterial basics -- The search for cures -- Antibiotics versus bacteria -- Here come the superbugs -- On the farm -- Whats going on? -- Taking action.
Subjects: Antibiotics; Antibiotics; Drug resistance in microorganisms;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Dangerous miracle : the astonishing rise and looming disaster of antibiotics / by Shaw, Liam,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Traces the history of antibiotics from their revolutionary discovery to the present crisis of resistance, exploring how overuse and misuse threaten to undo modern medicine's most important miracle drug.
Subjects: Nonfiction.; Antibiotics; Drug resistance in microorganisms.; Medical innovations; Public health;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 5
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Big chicken : the incredible story of how antibiotics created modern agriculture and changed the way the world eats / by McKenna, Maryn,author.(CARDINAL)463851;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-389) and index.Part 1. How chicken became essential -- Illness, and a bad year -- Better living through chemistry -- Meat for the price of bread -- Resistance begins -- Proving the problem -- Part 2. How chicken became dangerous -- Epidemics as evidence -- The triumph of the hybrids -- The cost of containment -- The unpredicted danger -- Part 3. How chicken changed -- The value of small -- Choosing cooperation -- The view from the barn -- The market speaks -- The past creates the future -- Epilogue.
Subjects: Antibiotics in animal nutrition.; Drug resistance in microorganisms.; Chickens; Poultry; Chickens;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 9
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Microbiomes / by Hirsch, Rebecca E.,author.(CARDINAL)351519;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The human ecosystem -- Planet of the microbes -- Miracle drugs -- The antibiotic problem -- A new era -- The human mircrobiome project -- Mixed-up microbes -- Protecting the microbiome."This book explores the human microbiome--the trillions of microbes that share our bodies--and why it has become one of the hottest areas of research in human health. The book discusses the microbes that live on us and in us, how scientists study them, and how they relate to health issues such as infections, obesity, allergies, and autoimmune disorders. The book delves into the Human Microbiome Project (HMP), a US government/National Institutes of Health initiative launched in 2007, in which scientists are working to identify and study all of the microbes associated with human health and disease. The book also takes readers into stores to make informed choices about the many anti-microbial and probiotic products that line the shelves."--Ages 8-12.Grades 4 to 6.1150LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Human body; Medical microbiology; Drug resistance in microorganisms;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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