Antibiotic resistance : the end of modern medicine? / Siouxsie Wiles.
In ten years time, will antibiotics still work? Have we let bacteria get the upper hand in the evolutionary arms race? In the 1920s the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin started a golden age of medicine. However, experts warn that the end of that age may be just a decade away. Siouxsie Wiles ex...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Wellington, New Zealand :
Bridget Williams Books Limited,
2017.
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| Series: | BWB texts.
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| Online Access: | The BWB Texts Collection |
| Summary: | In ten years time, will antibiotics still work? Have we let bacteria get the upper hand in the evolutionary arms race? In the 1920s the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin started a golden age of medicine. However, experts warn that the end of that age may be just a decade away. Siouxsie Wiles explores the looming crisis of antibiotic resistance and its threat to New Zealand. Wiles concludes that New Zealand must do more to protect the public from a future without antibiotics. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (136 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0947518665 9780947518660 0947518657 9780947518653 |