Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics is Fueling Our Modern Plagues
Tracking # 20-556087
Course overview
Book, 275 pgs and Study Guide with 1 Reporting Form, 24 pgs. This ground-breaking CPE program explores how the human microbiome is under assault from an overreliance on medical advances, including antibiotics and caesarian sections, which threatens the symbiotic relationship of bacterial and human cells, and may lead to severe health consequences. Upon completion of this CPE program you will be better able to: Discuss changes in disease patterns related to immune dysfunction Explain how bacteria can be beneficial to the environment and the human body Contrast the ways antibiotics work Describe how resistant bacteria develop Differentiate the positive and negative roles a particular bacteria may have in the body
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.