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Good germs, bad germs : health and survival in a bacterial world /

Sachs, Jessica Snyder.

Good germs, bad germs : health and survival in a bacterial world / Jessica Snyder Sachs. - 1st ed. - New York : Hill and Wang, 2007. - x, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239-273]) and index.

The war on germs -- Life on man -- Too clean? -- Bugs on drugs -- Fighting smarter, not harder -- Beyond lethal force: defang, deflect, and deploy -- Fixing the patient -- Coda: embracing the microbiome. The war on germs -- Life on man -- Too clean? -- Bugs on drugs -- Fighting smarter not harder -- Beyond lethal force -- Fixing the patient -- Coda: embracing the microbiome.

ISBN: 9780809050635 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0809050633 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007008526

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101300494 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Microbiology.
Medical microbiology.
Bacteriology.
Communicable diseases.
Bacteria.
Anti-Bacterial Agents.
Drug Resistance, Microbial.
Immunity, Natural.
Microbial Viability.
Microbiology--trends.

LC Class. No.: QR 57 .S24 2007 / .S24 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 616.9/041

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2007 L-070 QW 50 / S121g 2007