Book cover for The Killers Within: The Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria by Michael Shnayerson and Mark J Plotkin

The Killers Within

The Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria

2003 Released
336 Pages
5-7 Hours
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Back Bay BooksISBN 9780316735667

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.

Michael Shnayerson

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Mark J Plotkin

Mark J. Plotkin (b. 1955) is an ethnobotanist based in the Neotropics. He is also the author of Medicine Quest.

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