The antibiotic era : reform, resistance, and the pursuit of a rational therapeutics

The antibiotic era : reform, resistance, and the pursuit of a rational therapeutics / Scott H. Podolsky.

In The Antibiotic Era, physician-historian Scott H. Podolsky narrates the far-reaching history of antibiotics, focusing particularly on reform efforts that attempted to fundamentally change how antibiotics are developed and prescribed.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Podolsky, Scott H. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Antibiotics > History.
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Anti-infective agents > History.
Antibacterial agents > History.
Pharmaceutical industry > United States > History.
Drug resistance.
MEDICAL > Pharmacology.
Antibacterial agents
Anti-infective agents
Drug resistance
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Pharmaceutical industry
Antibiotics
United States
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • The origins of antibiotic reform
  • Antibiotics and the invocation of the controlled clinical trial
  • From sigmamycin to panalba: Antibiotics and the FDA
  • "Rational" therapeutics and the limits to delimitation
  • Responding to antibiotic resistance.

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