The Killers Within: The Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria cover

The Killers Within: The Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Author: Shnayerson, Michael

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 10.7
Points 21.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 100687
Points per Word 0.000209
Page Count 328
Points per Page 0.064024

Description

This book chronicles the development of drug-resistant bacteria due to such factors as the overprescription of antibiotics and the use of antibiotics in food, and discusses steps that could reverse the trend. The coauthor is Mark J. Plotkin.