Hard lessons learned from Mrs. C. -- Infections, antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance -- Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus: deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria escape the hospital -- Beyond MRSA: infections resistant to virtually all antibiotics -- Lack of antibiotic development -- The war against microbes? -- Forget pharmaceutical companies, the government can create new antibiotics--not! -- "Toxic pharmaceutical politics" and finger pointing -- So what will work? -- What can you do to help? -- Consequences and conclusions.