The Killers Within: The Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Go behind the scenes and learn the shocking truth about how physicians are fighting against new and evolving bacteria in this "compelling -- if terrifying -- account of the rise of antibiotic resistance" (Wall Street Journal).
Right now, a battle is taking place on the frontiers of medicine between rapidly evolving bacteria that threaten our health and the doctors who are struggling to outwit them. These bacteria are everywhere: in and on our bodies, in homes, schools, hospitals, crowded airplanes, day-care centers. And, as The Killers Within makes frighteningly clear, so far the bacteria are winning.

Author: Michael Shnayerson
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 09/02/2003
Pages: 340
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.52w x 0.83d
ISBN: 9780316735667

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 10.7
Point Value: 21
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 76715 / Killers Within: The Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria

About the Author
Michael Shnayerson is a long-time contributing editor to Vanity Fair and the author of eight books on a range of nonfiction subjects, from biographies of entertainer Harry Belafonte (My Song) and New York governor Andrew Cuomo (The Contender) to narrative-driven accounts of drug-resistant bacteria (The Killer Within) and mountaintop coal removal (Coal River). Shnayerson is married to Gayfryd Steinberg, and lives in Sag Harbor and Manhattan.