Antibiotics : History, Science, and Issues

by Delene Bartie

Antibiotics have brought dramatic improvements in health care, enabling cures for what were once deadly infections. Written in accessible, nontechnical language, Antibiotics: History, Science, and Issues provides a thorough overview of antibiotics that covers historical information about their discovery, development, and uses; explains the basic mechanisms of action of the major groups of antibiotics; and identifies the potential negative effects...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610699718
• ISBN13: 9781610699716
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
• Length: 262 Pages