Superbugs. When antibiotics don't work
Description
They lurk in nursing homes and hospitals-anywhere where people's resistance is down. One, VRE, a usually harmless microbe found in the human bowel and genital tract, is already drug-resistant; the other, MSRA, currently treatable with vancomycin-type antibiotics, is quickly becoming resistant to their effects. Using real-life case studies of patients who are infected, this program studies the effects of the diseases, how they are contracted, and their often deadly consequences.
Runtime
45 min
Subjects
Genre
Date of Publication
[2005], c1998
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
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