Superbugs Strike Back : When Antibiotics Fail

VOYA - Kevin Beach

These two books from the oDiscovery!o series join other juvenile titles on medicine, natural history, forensics, and anthropological topics. Superbugs Strike Back takes a microscopic tour of the bacterial world, investigates their discovery, and follows the development of the first vaccines. Since the first microbe was seen by a telescope in 1676, scientists began to understand how these "bugs" could cause serious illnesses and were determined to develop treatments. In the modern world, misuse and overuse of antibiotics has created "superimmune" bacteria that can resist these standard treatments. The future will bring smarter use of better vaccines, and it is hoped that the development of genetically engineered weapons will combat this problem. The author is a nurse and well-known medical writer. Stellar photos, an accessible writing style, and clear source notes and research bibliographies make this set very attractive and readable for upper elementary readers.