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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 09/02/2003
ISBN: 9780316735667
Pages: 328
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.52w x 0.83d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 76715 / Killers Within: The Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Reading Level: 10.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 21