Superbug : the fatal menace of MRSA / Maryn McKenna.
By: McKenna, Maryn.
New York : Free Press, 2010Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover ed.Description: xiii, 271 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781416557289 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Staphylococcus aureus infections | Methicillin resistance | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- United States | Health Policy -- United States | History, 20th Century -- United States | History, 21st Century -- United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 616.9/297| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-254) and index.
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.
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.