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Superbug : the fatal menace of MRSA / Maryn McKenna.

By: Publication details: New York : Free Press, 2010.Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover edDescription: xiii, 271 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781416557272 (alk. paper)
  • 141655727X (alk. paper)
  • 9781416557289 (alk. paper)
  • 1416557288 (alk. paper)
  • 9781439171837
  • 1439171831
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.9/297 22
LOC classification:
  • QR201.S68 M45 2010
NLM classification:
  • WC 250
Contents:
The first alert -- The cloud babies -- The silent attack -- The puzzle pieces -- The biggest thing since AIDS -- The flood rising -- Gone without warning -- The foe on the field -- Prison, the perfect incubator -- Into the food chain -- Soap, the wonder cure -- The end of antibiotics -- The epidemics converging.
Summary: McKenna reveals the hidden history of MRSA's relentless advance-- how it has overwhelmed hospitals, assaulted families, and infiltrated agriculture and live-stock, moving inexorably into the food chain.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks QR201 .S68 M45 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001181113

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-254) and index.

McKenna reveals the hidden history of MRSA's relentless advance-- how it has overwhelmed hospitals, assaulted families, and infiltrated agriculture and live-stock, moving inexorably into the food chain.

The first alert -- The cloud babies -- The silent attack -- The puzzle pieces -- The biggest thing since AIDS -- The flood rising -- Gone without warning -- The foe on the field -- Prison, the perfect incubator -- Into the food chain -- Soap, the wonder cure -- The end of antibiotics -- The epidemics converging.

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