Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

ORIGIN AND FUNCTION
USE IN HUMANS
OTHER USES OF ANTIBIOTICS
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
CONSEQUENCES OF RESISTANCE
ALTERNATIVES TO ANTIBIOTICS
RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY
PRESERVING ANTIBIOTICS

GLOSSARY

About the Author

Mary E. Wilson, MD, is a renowned leader in global health and infectious diseases. She has diagnosed and treated patients with a wide range of infections, studied the global epidemiology of infectious diseases, and serves as a professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the University of California, San Francisco. She lectures frequently in US and abroad and has published widely on topics in infectious disease and global health.

Reviews

"Wilson's final two chapters are notable for suggesting methods to reduce the need for
antibiotics and presenting newer approaches to diagnosing and treating bacterial infections." --Tony Miksanek, Booklist