pages 60-120
SUMMARY
Over the years, doctors have thought they they have found the solution to getting rid of drug-resistant bacteria. Their hope was penicillin. Unfortunately, there was a downfall when bacteria actually fought over penicillin. A patient can be as healthy as ever after a treating of penicillin but months later, their illness can return and eventually worsen. In 1995, methicillin was also a failure to take control of bacterial infections. A sixty four year old man in Japan just had an operation for lung cancer. But, he had brung upon methicillin-resistant S. aureus infection in his lungs. At first attempt, vancomycin was helpful. However, the infection started to grow back eight days later. Dr. Hiramatsu tried his best to treat this patient even if he seemed like he was going to die. U.S. pharmaceutical company sent him beta-lactam. which was combined with ampicillin and sulbactum. Therefore, Dr. Hiramatsu used that with arbekacin, only available in Japan. The patient's health showed improvement. He had saved his patient's life.
QUOTE
"But Hiramatsu had no doubt the bacteria would return, in another human host, all too soon (Shnayerson & Plotkin 76)
REACTION
The author includes extra definitions on the bottom of the pages when necessary. It helps the reader understand more about the difficult context that's describe in this bacterial crisis. There are a lot of science contents that can be over-bearing and confusing , but the reader can quickly catch on when they continue to read. Everything explained is in a sophisticated way. The quote is when Dr. Hiramatsu finished treating another patient, but his time, the patient is a young boy. This boy suffered upon three bouts of antibiotics and two years of sickness. Then finally, the bacteria is killed off. Dr. Hiramatsu knew that the bacteria was going to come back but he never knew how soon.
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