Why read Blight?

Book cover of Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic

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Fungi are everywhere. Most are harmless, some are helpful. A few are killers. Collectively, infectious fungi are the most devastating agents of disease on Earth, and a fungus that can persist in the environment without its host is here for the long haul. In gripping, accessible prose, Emily Monosson documents…

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Elizabeth Reed Aden

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There is nothing that worries me more than when I hear that someone has been transferred to the intensive care unit with an infectious disease.

There are reasonable, not perfect, treatments and approaches to treat bacterial infections—although they are becoming fewer and fewer. Rarely discussed is the threat of fungal infection with Candida auris in hospitals—a treatment-resistant and hearty strain that is infecting and taking the lives of immunocompromised or weakened patients in the hospital. Unlike bacteria and viruses, fungi are resilient and can remain dormant in many environments. It is not just hospitals where fungi are dangerous; they can…

From Elizabeth's list on The most compelling medical nonfiction books.