Good germs, bad germs : health and survival in a bacterial world / Jessica Snyder Sachs.
Good germs, bad germs : health and survival in a bacterial world / Jessica Snyder Sachs.
Good germs, bad germs : health and survival in a bacterial world / Jessica Snyder Sachs.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Hill and Wang, c2007.
Call Numbers
N616.9041/2
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
p. ; cm.
Contents
The war on germs -- Life on man -- Too clean? -- Bugs on drugs -- Fighting smarter not harder -- Beyond lethal force -- Fixing the patient -- Coda: embracing the microbiome.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Hill and Wang, c2007.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2007.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Bacteria
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Immunity, Natural
- Microbial Viability
- Microbiology--trends
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"In telling the story of what went terribly wrong in our war on germs, Jessica Snyder Sachs explores our emerging understanding of the symbiotic relationship between the human body and its resident microbes - which outnumber human cells by a factor of nine to one! The book also offers a hopeful look into a future in which antibiotics will be design...
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Full title
Good germs, bad germs : health and survival in a bacterial world / Jessica Snyder Sachs.
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Includes index.
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Date Copyright
c2007.
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N616.9041/2
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74VKzbWvMXOg
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ISBN
0809050633 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780809050635 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
616.9041
MMS ID
991023566019702626
