Missing Microbes：How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues

Acriticallyimportantandstartlinglookattheharmfuleffectsofoverusingantibiotics，fromthefield'sleadingexpertTracingonescientist'sjourneytowardunderstandingthecrucialimportanceofthemicrobiome，thisrevolutionarybookwilltakereaderstotheforefrontoftrail-blazingresearchwhilerevealingthedamagethatoveruseofantibioticsisdoingtoourhealth：contributingtotheriseofobesity，asthma，diabetes，andcertainformsofcancer.InMissingMicrobes，Dr.MartinBlaserinvitesusintothewildsofthehumanmicrobiomewhereforhundredsofthousandsofyearsbacterialandhumancellshaveexistedinapeacefulsymbiosisthatisresponsibleforthehealthandequilibriumofourbody.Now，thisinvisibleedenisbeingirrevocablydamagedbysomeofourmostreveredmedicaladvances--antibiotics--threateningtheextinctionofourirreplaceablemicrobeswithterriblehealthconsequences.Takingusintoboththelabanddeepintothefieldswherethesetroublingeffectscanbewitnessedfirsthand，Blasernotonlyprovidescuttingedgeevidencefortheadverseeffectsofantibiotics，hetellsuswhatwecandotoavoidevenmorecatastrophichealthproblemsinthefuture.