Missing microbes : how the overuse of antibiotics is fueling our modern plagues

Missing microbes : how the overuse of antibiotics is fueling our modern plagues / Martin J. Blaser, MD.

In Missing Microbes, Dr. Martin J. Blaser invites us into the wilds of the human microbiome, where for hundreds of thousands of years bacterial and human cells have existed in a peaceful symbiosis that is responsible for the equilibrium and health of our bodies. Now this invisible Eden is under assa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blaser, Martin J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Henry Holt and Company, [2014]
Subjects:
Antibiotics.
Antibiotics > Effectiveness.
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Table of Contents:
  • Modern plagues
  • Our microbial planet
  • The human microbiome
  • The rise of pathogens
  • The wonder drugs
  • The overuse of antibiotics
  • The modern farmer
  • Mother and child
  • A forgotten world
  • Heartburn
  • Trouble breathing
  • Taller
  • ... And fatter
  • Modern plagues revisited
  • Antibiotic winter
  • Solutions.

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