EBOOK Timebomb : The Global Epidemic of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

EBOOK Timebomb : The Global Epidemic of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

isbn	:	0071422501
Title	:	Timebomb : The Global Epidemic of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
Author	:	Lee B. Reichman

 

In the recent past, biological warfare has been outlawed around the world, the Cold War has ended, and medical research has made leaps and bounds in new pharmaceutical discoveries. But Nature works at its own pace and these developments have had unexpected results, including the emergence of new diseases that are resistant to all known treatment. Worse yet, many of these diseases are man-made, either through genetic tinkering or the mis-prescription and misuse of antibiotics. Timebomb is the story of multi-drug resistant diseases - the latest scourge to hit medicine. It discusses the issues surrounding them using multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (otherwise known as MDR TB), as its example throughout. Much in the way The Hot Zone detailed the ebola virus and efforts to control it through a combination of personal stories and science, Timebomb will explore MDR TB through personal stories, anecdotes and hard science. One of the scariest discoveries made in medicine in the last 10 years is multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. It is this disease that Richard Baumgartner, the vice chairman of the World Health Organization (WHO), called ebola with wings. Tuberculosis is scary enough on i click here to download