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Superbugs

An Arms Race Against Bacteria

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Superbugs

By: William Hall, Anthony McDonnell, Jim O'Neill
Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
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Antibiotics are powerful drugs that can prevent and treat infections, but they are becoming less effective as a result of drug resistance. Resistance develops because the bacteria that antibiotics target can evolve ways to defend themselves against these drugs. When antibiotics fail, there is very little else to prevent an infection from spreading. Unnecessary use of antibiotics in both humans and animals accelerates the evolution of drug-resistant bacteria, with potentially catastrophic personal and global consequences. Our best defenses against infectious disease could cease to work, surgical procedures would become deadly, and we might return to a world where even small cuts are life-threatening.

The problem of drug resistance already kills more than one million people across the world every year and has huge economic costs. Without action, this problem will become significantly worse. Following from their work on the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance, William Hall, Anthony McDonnell, and Jim O'Neill outline the major systematic failures that have led to this growing crisis. They also provide a set of solutions to tackle these global issues that governments, industry, and public health specialists can adopt.

©2018 The President and Fellows of Harvard College (P)2018 Tantor Biological Sciences Biology Contagious Diseases Medicine & Health Care Industry Physical Illness & Disease Policy & Administration Politics & Government Science Medicine Bacteria Health Care Health
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Solid policy proposals & real economic opportunities are set out in this book. The research is comprehensive & engagement with a cross section of stakeholders

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a world where a papercut can possibly kill you, something to think about, we take antibiotics for granted and one day soon this miracle drug may be gone. Is there time to change?

an interesting listen

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