pages 120-180
SUMMARY
Not only that humans are affected with bacterial infections, but also animals. Scientists questioned the connection between animal growth promoters and drug resistance in humans. Based on one specific scientist named Courvalin, he thought it was ridiculous to question if antibiotics resistance can spread to animal to human bacteria. The new principles would be drawn up to arrange animal antibiotics in terms of their importance to human medicine. Many were curious about how animals can give diseases to humans. Inspectors experimented upon chickene' bacteria by placing chicken parts into a Ziploc bag and had premeasured growth of media fluid inside as well. They then massaged the fluid into the chicken to remove the bacteria that was on the chicken's skin. They found that there was eighty eight percent of Campylobacter. Also, twenty percent has contained fluoroquinolone resistant Campylobacter. As a result, one out of five chickens that was bought in Minnesota was infected in 1996-1997.
QUOTE
"The bug clearly spreads by touch or from surfaces, not just by ingestion (Shnayerson & Plotkin 151)."
REACTION
In each chapter, everytime the authors intend to talk about the work of a specific scientist or doctor, they were to describe their physical characteristics. Like how they look on the outside and what they have accomplished. Which gives the reader a visualization upon various scientists or doctors. Not only will the reader know them by name but also by how they look like. The quote is very simple but covers almost everything that is proven in this book so far. Bacteria is everywhere and living on everything. Also, it tells you in simple terms of how easy bacteria can infect you from anywhere and anytime. There are good and bad kinds of bacteria out there in this world. How would you know which is which? Nobody will ever know for sure.
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