About the book: 2013 / Nowadays, almost everyone knows about antibiotics - organic substances that suppress the growth and development of bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms. Antibiotics, discovered more than a century ago, played a huge role in healing humanity from many, often very serious, diseases that claimed millions of lives during periods of infectious epidemics. Today it has been proven that infectious diseases account for 50–60% of all human painful conditions, and you can catch an infection anywhere. In the air we breathe, especially in our apartments and smoky offices with smoking workers, a variety of microorganisms, including pathogens, are found in the soil and water. So “mini-cannibals,” as microbes harmful to human life are also called, lie in wait for us everywhere. But in addition to them, no less serious diseases are caused by fungi and viruses. That's why antibiotics are not in vain recognized as the saviors of humanity.