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.