MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009037793
003 DLC
005 20100826084920.0
008 090911s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9781416557272 (alk. paper)
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020 $a1416557288 (alk. paper)
020 $a9781439171837
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043 $an-us---
050 00 $aQR201.S68$bM45 2010
060 10 $aWC 250$bM478s 2010
082 00 $a616.9/297$222
100 1 $aMcKenna, Maryn.
245 10 $aSuperbug :$bthe fatal menace of MRSA /$cMaryn McKenna.
250 $a1st Free Press hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFree Press,$c2010.
300 $axiii, 271 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-254) and index.
520 $aMcKenna reveals the hidden history of MRSA's relentless advance-- how it has overwhelmed hospitals, assaulted families, and infiltrated agriculture and live-stock, moving inexorably into the food chain.
505 0 $aThe first alert -- The cloud babies -- The silent attack -- The puzzle pieces -- The biggest thing since AIDS -- The flood rising -- Gone without warning -- The foe on the field -- Prison, the perfect incubator -- Into the food chain -- Soap, the wonder cure -- The end of antibiotics -- The epidemics converging.
650 0 $aStaphylococcus aureus infections.
650 0 $aMethicillin resistance.
650 12 $aMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus$zUnited States.
650 22 $aHealth Policy$zUnited States.
650 22 $aHistory, 20th Century$zUnited States.
650 22 $aHistory, 21st Century$zUnited States.