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Investigating Tuberculosis and Superbugs
Tuberculosis is a highly infectious disease that can be very hard to treat. What used to be considered a very treatable disease is now one that has become drug-resistant. Readers will learn about tuberculosis and other diseases that have become resistant to antibiotics, such as MRSA, malaria, and influenza, in this current and informative book.
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Aimed at readers with a serious academic or personal interest in the topic, this entry in the Investigating Diseases series methodically presents medical and statistical information about major kinds of tuberculosis, malaria, AIDS/HIV and other persistent bacterial, viral, and parasitic pandemics worldwide that are becoming ominously resistant to once-effective treatments. The authors also trace historic advances in our understanding of disease in general, describe each superbugs symptoms, tally specific drugs in common use, outline major public health initiatives and preventive measures, and offer relatively detailed descriptions of current diagnostic tests and procedures. Massively documented with endnotes; supplemented by sidebar insertions, accounts of specific cases, and small color photos; and rounded off with digestible lists of relevant further resources, this alarming if utilitarian study supersedes Nancy Days Killer Superbugs (2001) or, for that matter, any related title published prior to the 2009 onset of the HIN1 flu strain., Booklist December 1, 2010
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