Killer Superbugs: The Story of Drug-Resistant Diseases

by Nancy Day

Examines how some protozoa and bacteria have become resistant to modern antibiotics, causing the reappearance of major health issues and fatal diseases, such as tuberculosis, in today's world.

128 pages, Library Binding

First published October 1, 2001

About the author

Nancy Day (Sakaduski) is the author of more than 100 articles and 15 books. Nancy has a B.A. in Communications from the University of Maryland and an Executive M.B.A. from Loyola College. She currently resides in Chadds Ford, PA, where she is working on the third edition of Scientific English (as co-author).

Nancy is President of Sakaduski Marketing Solutions, Inc., a consulting firm that works with companies in the dental industry.

In addition to her business and writing activities, Nancy is heavily involved in community service. She is the Chester County Master Gardener Coordinator; serves on the Board of Directors and is Vice President of the Center for the Creative Arts, an arts center in Yorklyn Delaware; is a member of the Resource Development Committee for 4-H Creating Community Networks, an organization that provides outreach services in at-risk neighborhoods; and is on the Board of Directors of the Sanderson Museum in Chadds Ford.

AWARDS: Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Award for Nonfiction, 1995, for article "Mapping the Mind"; Best Social Studies Book of the Year designation from Society of School Librarians International, 2003 CALIFORNIA COLLECTION.

Reviews

[Amber Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book wasw so informative and really opened up my mind to what is happening to the biodiversity of bacteria and viruses.