Superbugs Strike Back: When Antibiotics Fail
- ISBN-10
- 0822566079
- ISBN-13
- 9780822566076
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Twenty-First Century Books
- Author
- Connie Goldsmith
Description
Explains how superbugs came to be, what scientists are doing to fight them, and how you can protect yourself against these microscopic menaces.
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