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"A New York Times bestselling author shares this exhilarating story of cutting-edge science and the race against the clock to find new treatments in the fight against the antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as superbugs. Physician, researcher, and ethics professor Matt McCarthy is on the front lines of a groundbreaking clinical trial testing a new antibiotic to fight lethal superbugs, bacteria that have built up resistance to the life-saving drugs in our rapidly dwindling arsenal. This trial serves as the backdrop for the compulsively readable Superbugs, and the results will impact nothing…
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3 editions- Hardcover · English · 2019Avery · 304 pages · 9780735217508
- Other · English · 2019Scribe Publications · 304 pages · 9781925713244
- Other · English · 2019Scribe Publications · 9781911617433
Drug resistance in microorganismsAntibioticsBacteriaResearchMicrobial Drug ResistanceAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntimicrobial StewardshipClinical Trials as Topic