I very much enjoyed this book and was pleased to discover that despite its title it covers a wide range of disease forms including viruses.
Pennington puts together a cogent and well argued case that some of the more apocalyptic predictions of future anti-biotic resistance are somewhat overstated, whilst giving some credence to those worries, and explaining the mechanisms by which they can be partially averted. It seems sadly that the most effective weapons are cleanliness and hygiene in and out of theatre and that this has been known since Lister and repeatedly ignored (there is a sense of resigned sadness in parts about simple errors repeated over and over in outbreaks; in two of which cases Pennington did the reviews and saw his advice ignored).
It is hard to square some of Pennington's optimistic approach with current worries about over-prescription; excessive use of anti-biotics in animals; GPs prescribing pointless doses for viral infections etc. and not possible to know whether those issues are over-stated of Pennington plays them down.
It is a short book and packs a great deal of information in - I read it in a day and will find it invaluable for lending to A-Level students prepping for Medicine interviews or writing EPQs on disease treatment.