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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Investigating tuberculosis and superbugs Investigating tuberculosis and superbugs Evelyn B. Kelly "Provides information about tuberculosis and other drug-resistant diseases, including treatment, diagnosis, history, medical advances, and true stories about people with the diseases"--Provided by pu… OL15326275W
The new killer diseases The new killer diseases Elinor Levy The strange new disease SARS erupted apparently out of nowhere and has spread at an astonishing rate. Scary as SARS itself is, the disease is also a warning of many possible such outbreaks to come. F… OL15838688W
Antibiotic resistance Antibiotic resistance Eileen R. Choffnes,David A. Relman,Alison Mack For decades it seemed as if modern medicine had conquered many of the infectious diseases that once threatened human and animal health. But years of using, misusing, and overusing antibiotics and oth… OL16639501W
Eat, drink, and be wary Eat, drink, and be wary Charles Duncan Food safety has fast become one of the nation's top issues. Three thousand people die each year in the U.S. from foodborne illnesses. Another 48 million are sickened annually and our government fails… OL17902778W
Antimicrobial resistance Antimicrobial resistance Ebbing Lautenbach This publication provides an overview of key issues related to antimicrobial resistance, including a focus on key pathogens causing common healthcare--associated and community--acquired infections. T… OL18345986W
Antifungal Agents Antifungal Agents Erika J. Ernst With the growing frequency of fungal infections even as resistance to existing antifungal agents increases, methods for finding novel drug targets and evaluating antifungal resistance have become mor… OL19826923W
The human microbiome The human microbiome Rebecca E. Hirsch Trillions and trillions of microbial cells live on and inside your body. A small number of these microbes are unhealthy germs. But most belong on your body and perform essential jobs. Microbes help d… OL20049375W
The antibiotic alternative The antibiotic alternative Linda White,Cindy L.A. Jones Ph.D. Offers information on different natural alternatives to using antibiotics to fight infection and maintain a healthy immune system, explaining the importance of using antibiotics correctly, controllin… OL20891314W
Food safety Food safety United States. General Accounting Office this book gives a good examples of food adulteration and this will be a key to find the adulteration in our daily food stuffs. OL565200W