The Fascinating World of Pathogens
You have touched more bacteria today than you will ever know.
Most of it will not hurt you. Some of it might. And a small number of the organisms in this book have changed the course of human history.
I wrote Microbial Secrets: Inside the World of Bacteria, Viruses, and Fungibecause after nearly three decades in Environmental Services and healthcare, I got tired of people being either dismissive about microbes or terrified of them. The truth is more interesting than both of those reactions.
This book covers 67 bacteria, viruses, and fungi, the ones that show up in hospitals, in homes, in headlines, and in your body right now. Each entry is written in plain language. No jargon for the sake of jargon. Just what it is, what it does, how it is treated, how to control it in your environment, and something genuinely surprising about it that most people never get told.
If you have ever wondered:
- What that pink film in your shower actually is
- Why hospitals are so afraid of C. difficile
- What norovirus is doing to you when it hits
- Why your dog came home from the kennel coughing
- What MRSA really means and who is most at risk
