The Antibiotic Era: Reform, Resistance, and the Pursuit of a Rational Therapeutics

A compelling analysis of nearly seven decades of antibiotic reform, framing our current efforts to stave off a post-antibiotic era.

Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL

In The Antibiotic Era, physician-historian Scott H. Podolsky narrates the far-reaching history of antibiotics, focusing particularly on reform efforts that attempted to fundamentally change how antibiotics are developed and prescribed. This sweeping chronicle reveals the struggles faced by crusadi...