Podolsky, Scott H.,

The antibiotic era : reform, resistance, and the pursuit of a rational therapeutics / Scott H. Podolsky. - Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xii, 309 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.



9781421415949


Antibiotics--History.
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Anti-infective agents--History.
Antibacterial agents--History.
Pharmaceutical industry--History.--United States
Drug resistance.
Anti-Bacterial Agents--history.
Legislation, Drug--history.
Drug Industry--history.
Drug Resistance.
History, 20th Century.
Antibacterial agents.
Pharmaceutical industry.


Electronic Books.

RM267 / .A585 2015