Description
Go behind the scenes and learn the shocking truth about how physicians are fighting against new and evolving bacteria in this "compelling -- if terrifying -- account of the rise of antibiotic resistance" (Wall Street Journal).
Right now, a battle is taking place on the frontiers of medicine between rapidly evolving bacteria that threaten our health and the doctors who are struggling to outwit them. These bacteria are everywhere: in and on our bodies, in homes, schools, hospitals, crowded airplanes, day-care centers. And, as The Killers Within makes frighteningly clear, so far the bacteria are winning.
Author: Michael Shnayerson
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 09/02/2003
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.52w x 0.83d
ISBN13: 9780316735667
ISBN10: 0316735663
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Biotechnology
- Medical | Infectious Diseases
Right now, a battle is taking place on the frontiers of medicine between rapidly evolving bacteria that threaten our health and the doctors who are struggling to outwit them. These bacteria are everywhere: in and on our bodies, in homes, schools, hospitals, crowded airplanes, day-care centers. And, as The Killers Within makes frighteningly clear, so far the bacteria are winning.
Author: Michael Shnayerson
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 09/02/2003
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.52w x 0.83d
ISBN13: 9780316735667
ISBN10: 0316735663
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Biotechnology
- Medical | Infectious Diseases
About the Author
Michael Shnayerson is a long-time contributing editor to Vanity Fair and the author of eight books on a range of nonfiction subjects, from biographies of entertainer Harry Belafonte (My Song) and New York governor Andrew Cuomo (The Contender) to narrative-driven accounts of drug-resistant bacteria (The Killer Within) and mountaintop coal removal (Coal River). Shnayerson is married to Gayfryd Steinberg, and lives in Sag Harbor and Manhattan.