Bacterial Infections

Insights

Antibiotics - http://www.thirteen.org/programs/frontline/#the-trouble-with-antibiotics--preview @ www.thirteen.org 
or full episode http://www.thirteen.org/programs/frontline/the-trouble-with-antibiotics/

Bacteria in raw/undercooked shellfish & salt water -
http://www.boston.com/health/2014/07/30/flesh-eating-bacteria-found-gulf-mexico-kills/X9akMbtCcPsKO7Ot9YfVSL/story.html

Frontline news @ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/hunting-the-nightmare-bacteria/ -

Rona, Dr. Zoltan P - https://www.alive.com/health/the-nanobacteria-revolution/ - 1/2/2005 + 4/24/2015 - edited -
"Are heart disease, dental plaque, kidney stones, & a host of other calcium-deposit diseases really caused by an infection? Research...suggests that diseases in which calcium accumulates inappropriately in the body (i.e., outside of your bones) may be caused by a bacterial infection.
The Discovery of Nanobacteria - More than a decade ago, researchers in Australia discovered that stomach & duodenal ulcers were caused by a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori.
Antibiotic therapy successfully eliminated the infection, & ulcers healed dramatically, yet it took conventional medicine more than 10 years to accept H. pylori as the (root) cause of ulcers.
Prior to widespread acceptance of H. pylori, conventional doctors blamed stress & hyperacidity, ignoring the most effective treatment against ulcers...Similarly, since 1990 there has been mounting evidence that abnormal calcification may be caused by a bacterial organism about 1/100 the size of a conventional bacterium, called Nano-bacterium sanguineum ('nano' is the Latin word for very small or minute).
While other microbes like Chlamydia & assorted fungi have been implicated in the development of abnormal calcification, research indicates that the more likely cause may be nanobacteria.
Researchers E. Olavi Kajander and Neva Ciftcioglu discovered in 1995 that nanobacteria secrete a sticky, calcium-rich coating that allows them to adhere to cells inside artery walls and to each other.
The coating then calcifies into a shell, protecting the bacteria from the immune system as well as all antibiotics, radiation & even chemotherapy.
An inflammatory cascade is initiated in the artery or organ that ultimately forms hard calcific plaque.
The plaque layers continually grow over a period of years, eventually leading to blood vessel or organ disease.
Due to their small size, nanobacteria slip through conventional filters & can contaminate vaccines & other biological treatments.
The Calcium Bomb - A newly published book, The Calcium Bomb: The Nanobacteria Link to Heart Disease & Cancer by Douglas Mulhall & Katja Hansen (Midpoint Trade Books, 2004) provides a comprehensive list of health conditions reversed by killing off nanobacteria: aortic valve sclerosis, bladder stones, bone spurs, breast implant calcification, calcium deposits in the skin (calcinosis cutis), kidney stones & prostatic stones.
The authors contend that 'no diet, drug, or therapy has shown clinical trial evidence of reversing every measurable indicator of heart disease, including inflammation, clotting, & soft & hard plaques that contain calcium deposits.'
They claim that this is because nanobacteria are the cause of calcium deposits–& conventional medicine isn’t treating patients for nanobacteria. Studies discussed in The Calcium Bomb indicate that nanobacteria are found in human blood.  They reproduce much more slowly than most viruses & bacteria & can be observed & cultured from the blood of healthy humans using special methods.
Ignored by Conventional Doctors - The idea that bacteria could be responsible for abnormal calcification in arteries, tissues, & organs is a very difficult concept to grasp in the context of a medical system that focuses on drugs & surgeries that treat the symptoms more often than the causes of disease.
Most medical doctors believe that the cause of abnormal calcification is, as yet, unexplained.
Conventional doctors believe that blood is sterile, despite studies in the past decade that suggest otherwise.
Dark field microscopy and various blood culturing techniques have demonstrated the presence of numerous bacteria and fungi circulating in the blood streams of healthy people, including Bartonella, Brucella, & Candida. Researchers have been able to isolate nanobacteria from coronary artery disease plaque & have observed kidney stones in animals exposed to nanobacteria. However, instead of ridding body of nano-bacteria, the cause of the calcium deposits, conventional medical practice is to perform bypass surgery.
The 4 Criteria - Conventional medicine requires that 4 criteria, called Koch’s postulates (or Koch’s laws),
be met in order to prove that, for example, an organism like H. pylori is the cause of peptic ulcers.
In nanobacterial infections, these 4 postulates have also been met:
1.The microbe in question must be detectable in the infected host at every disease stage.
2.The microbe must be isolated from the diseased host and grown in pure culture.
3.When susceptible healthy animals are infected with pathogens from the pure culture, the specific symptoms of the disease must occur.
4.The microbe must be re-isolated from the diseased animal & correspond to the original microbe in pure culture.
Despite passing the Koch’s postulates test, many conventional physicians still argue that there is not enough evidence to warrant treatment to eradicate nanobacteria. 
Do I Have Nanobacteria? - A study published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology (March 2001) shows the presence of nanobacteria in beef cattle. Human infection with nanobacteria may be the result of consuming meat from infected cows & getting contaminated bovine serum vaccines.
If you have ever had a vaccine, you may harbour nanobacteria in your blood, tissues & organs...
There are basically 2 ways to determine if nanobacteria are present in our body.
Canadian naturopathic doctors can run nanobacteria tests by sending patients’ blood samples to a Montreal lab. 
The Calcium Bomb also contains information on how to order home kits to test for nanobacteria. 
The most accurate test is a blood test that measures both antigens & antibodies linked to nanobacteria.
Another method is a special type of cardiac CT scan that calculates something called a calcium score.
The higher the calcium score, the more likely the individual suffers from a nano-bacterial infection.
Getting Rid of Nano-bacteria -
A recent variation of standard intravenous chelation therapy currently works best to reverse diseases caused by nanobacteria.
EDTA (ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid) chelation therapy uses an amino acid solution to dissolve calcium deposits in the body. The major accepted medical use for chelation therapy is to rid the body of toxic heavy metals like lead, cadmium, aluminum, copper, arsenic, mercury, & other toxins.
Some doctors, however, have utilized chelation therapy for treating coronary artery disease, atherosclerosis, angina, high blood pressure, diabetes, intermittent claudication (cramping pain & weakness in the legs), Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration, & other circulation problems.  Many diseases involving calcification may benefit from oral or rectal chelation. 
The way to kill nanobacteria & reverse the diseases they cause is to strip away their calcium shell with EDTA & then attack the suddenly exposed nano-bacteria with tetracycline. To date, this is the only antibiotic proven to be effective.
Those allergic to tetracycline can use sulfa drugs & perhaps some others.
It is conceivable that natural alternatives to prescription antibiotics could be used (e.g., oil of oregano, berberine, colloidal silver, etc.) but, as of this writing, none has yet studied these alternatives...
Dr. James Roberts is a cardiologist who has had the most experience in treating coronary artery disease using the recommended protocol; he is considered an authority on the subject. Dr. Roberts suggests that a combination of oral EDTA with supportive antioxidants plus an EDTA rectal suppository http://oradix.com/products/Glutathion...& 500 mg of tetracycline all given once daily before bedtime is the most effective way of ridding the body of both the pathological calcium deposits & the nano-bacteria. 
Studies indicate that EDTA blood levels, when using this protocol, remain high 24 hours a day.
Intravenous EDTA levels, on the other hand, return to zero shortly after the IV drip is removed.
Higher, more stable EDTA levels ensure a quicker, more effective chelation process. 
Dr. Roberts’s work further suggests that treating nano-bacteria will lower calcium scores substantially within as early as 4 months after treatments have started. For patients who have had heart attacks or bypass surgery, the treatments may take 1 year or longer before calcium scores change for the better. 
Recommended For My Patients - I have been using the nanobacteria treatment protocol in my practice for nearly a year now, mostly on people who have been advised by their specialists that they would have to live with their symptoms & no alternatives were available.
Even in such severe cases, I have noticed at least a 75% improvement in arterial plaque (as seen on ultrasounds & CT scans) as well as in symptoms such as low energy, chest pain & stamina...
While this approach to calcification diseases is not yet widely accepted by either mainstream medicine or intravenous chelation doctors, I expect this to change dramatically in the coming years...For more information about The Calcium Bomb, see calcify.com.
RELATED Issues - You might like: http://www.ernursejournal.com/the-calcium-bomb-the-nanobacteria-link-to-heart-disease-and.pdf
Dr. Sircus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9tEeCzPrE 12/14/2018 - About 10 years ago I published an essay ( https://drsircus.com/cardiovascular/calcium-magnesium-balance/ ) on calcium. I talked about magnesium because magnesium controls calcium... Nanobacteria...scientists have studied for many years & is a little bit complicated.
But magnesium is not complicated. Magnesium controls calcium.
The 2 are antagonistic with each other...Carolyn Dean suggested we supplement 1-1, 1 part calcium to 1 part magnesium.
I have been taking a lot of magnesium through years, most of transdermally (perhaps via espson salts baths)."

Salmonella Heidelberg - http://www.thirteen.org/programs/frontline/the-trouble-with-chicken--preview/ from www.thirteen.org  or Full Episode - http://www.thirteen.org/programs/frontline/the-trouble-with-chicken/

Alternative Medicine

Astragalus, echinacea, garlic, vitamin C are great to take for anyone who is pregnant to ward off step b infections.  http://www.preciouspassage.com/treating_group_b_strep.htm

Barberry (Berberis vulgaris) + goldenseal (hydrastis canadensis) tinctures: Use alternately for MRSA.
https://www.wddty.com/magazine/2017/march/natural-born-superbug-killers-1.html - 5/2017 excellent
Berberine has long shown selective antimicrobial activity against a wide range of bacteria, fungi & protozoa, including:
Chlamydia spp, Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Escherichia coli
Klebsiella spp
Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus)
Pseudomonas spp
Salmonella typhimurium, Shigella dysenteriae, Staphylococcus species (spp), Streptococcus spp, Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus)
Treponema pallidum, Trichomonas vaginalis
Vibrio cholerae

Cocoa (natural) - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070311202024.htm - 3/12/2007 -
"Norman Hollenberg, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, told C&I that epicatechin is so important that it should be considered a vitamin...
Natural cocoa has high levels of epicatechin...Epicatechin does not currently meet the criteria.
Vitamins are defined as essential to the normal functioning, metabolism, regulation & growth of cells & deficiency is usually linked to disease...Currently, there are only 13 essential vitamins.
An increase in the number of vitamins would provide significant opportunity for nutritional companies to expand their range of products. Flavanols like epicatechin are removed from commercial cocoas because they tend to have a bitter taste.
So there is huge scope for nutritional companies to develop epicatechin supplements or capsules...Hollenberg says. 'We all agree that penicillin & anaesthesia are enormously important. But epicatechin could potentially get rid of 4 of the 5 most common diseases in the western world, how important does that make epicatechin? 
I would say very important'."

Garlic helps cure many types of infections.  Base line is 1/2 to 2 whole cloves daily per James E O'Brien in mini magazine The Miracle of Nature's Healing Foods published by Glove Communications Corp.

fecal transplant - http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/ultimate-probiotic-treatment-beats-deadly-superbug/ 2015 - "Avoiding infection with a dangerous superbug such as clostridium difficile (C-diff) obviously involves keeping the gut healthy with beneficial bacteria dominating over any pathogenic strains. 
Making & consuming traditionally prepared fermented foods & drinks is an important way to accomplish this goal...
Termed 'the ultimate probiotic treatment', a single infusion of a healthy donor’s poop into the infected colon resulted in a cure rate of no less than 97% according to Professor Thomas Borody from the Center for Digestive Diseases in Sydney (Australia) which so far has conducted over 1,500 such transplants."
fecal transplant - http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/one-persons-poop-is-another-persons-prescription/? 2016 -
"The company OpenBiome is the very 1st &, as of this writing, the only independent stool bank in the country.
Mark Smith, an MIT postdoctoral associate, launched the nonprofit in 2012 in Medford, Massachusetts & describes his operation as similar to 'a blood bank, but for poop.'”
@ Poop Bank in Massachusetts Will Pay You Per Dump - fecal transplant -
http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/as-antibiotic-failure-grows-poop-pills-filling-the-void/
"Melanie performed what can best be described as a fecal home enema on herself which had the result of improving her gut situation so much that she felt almost completely normal after a single treatment.
As time went on, she continued to give herself fecal enemas on an as needed basis & experienced a turnaround in her health that can only be described as astounding."
Today's "process involves taking donor stool usually from a healthy relative & sending it off to a lab to be processed.
At the lab, food is removed from the stool, beneficial bacteria is extracted, & it is thoroughly cleaned.
It is then packed into triple-coated gel capsules which ensures that they won’t dissolve until they reach the desired destination: in the intestines..
.For patients suffering from C-diff infections, they are given an antibiotic to kill off as much C-diff as possible a few days before the treatment with the poop pills.
In addition, the morning of the treatment, the patients have a cleansing water enema to allow the new bacteria coming in via the oral (rectal ?) fecal transplant to have 'a clean slate' to repopulate the gut with beneficial microbes.  The single treatment requires the patient to down 24-36 capsules in 1 sitting...
Dr. Louie described the results of his work at IDWeek, an infectious disease conference in San Francisco.
Of 27 patients treated all who had experienced at least 4 C-diff infections in the past, not a single one had a C-diff relapse after treatment with the poop pills."
HOW TO DO - http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/how-to-perform-a-fecal-transplant-at-home/

Heliobactor Pylori bacteria - http://essentialoilsonline.wordpress.com/about-2/ - "Antibiotic protocol recommended by Dr. Gary Young involved uses essential oils of Lemon, Mountain Savory & Oregano together & internally:"

Oral Probiotics http://nccam.nih.gov/health/probiotics/introduction.htm (per National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine) seem to be a good help to offset overuse of antibiotics which can trigger an increase in Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) a bacterium -http://nccam.nih.gov/health/probiotics/introduction.htm

Parsley (Petroselinum Crispum Mill) and mentha (Mentha piperita L) herbs may retard streptococcus B infections. Corylidin, Angladin & Psoralen, inhibited growth of Pseudomonas putida , E. Coli & Rhizobium meloloti (gm−ve bacteria), while Pereflorin B inhibited Streptococcus lactis and Bacillus subtilis (gm+ve bacteria). Corylidin, Angladin & Pereflorin B compounds were isolated from Parsley herb under the influence of Cercospora petroselini infection. 
Parsley & mentha samples showed increase in the concentration of Cu ions in the leaves (after being dried in the microwave oven).
Some medicinal components were produced under the effect of these stress agents (infection & treatment).
Psoralen was isolated from samples treated with Cu salts.
(Remember, commercially dried herbs have often been irradiated & thus are often dead foods. 
Remember to stay with organic, non-irradiated & non-genetically-altered herbs.) 
Food ChemistryVolume 65, Issue 1, April 1999, Pages 29-33 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03088146 
Chemical response of parsley and mentha herbs to certain stress agents per Fatma Abd El-Megeed Hashem & Ahmed Farahat Sahab

Propolis - http://developinghealthyhabits.com/thats-medicine-really/ 9/2015

Raw Manuka honey is renown for healing open battlefield wounds + hard to heal wounds/sores in the hospital. Applied to skin.  Used in 1550 by Egyptians.  Contains hydrogen peroxide. 
Honey must have rating of 4%+ of antiseptic ability as compared to phenol (carbolic disinfectant) for a rating as 'active honey' such as Manuka, Rewarewa and Wild Flora.  Manuka has an additional anti-bacterial component (UMF/unique Manuka factor - called active UMF 10+) in addition to it's hydrogen peroxide.
Manuka honey can be purchased in strengths of 5%-20%. 
Dr. Peter Molan of University of Waikato is cited for his research.
Honey New Zealand (HNZ) is a century old Te Awamutu, New Zealand bee keeper & supplier providing ISO 9001 certified honey. 
[A new product, good for arthritis, contains bee venom & glucosamine. www.honeynz.co.nz 
Bee venom is to be used EXTERNALLY & NOT eaten.  This last product use in SMALL drops.]
(Postal address: Unit 5 & 6a, 114 St Georges Bay Rd, Parnell, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND)

Rife vibrational frequencies - pg 148-149 @ http://www.rife.org/john%20marsh/rifeinstrumenthistory.pdf
All matter has frequency.  http://www.healthiswealthmaui.com/laserfrequencies.html
Laser (or radio) frequencies may (or may not) help remediate certain symptoms.
"Royal Rife is considered to be the father of frequency medicine. He described frequency in diseased & healthy organs and established many frequencies for various diseases & disorders."

Rosemary leaves  http://www.indianetzone.com/1/rosemary_leaves.htm  
The pressed leaf juice can be used as a staff infection antibacterial. 
(Some labs use rosemary leaves to provide their vitamin B3.)

Vitamin C, Thiamine (B1) & Steroids in Sepsis (VICTAS) @
https://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13063-019-3254-2 2019
The combination of thiamine (B1), ascorbic acid (C) & hydrocortisone has recently emerged as a potential adjunctive therapy to antibiotics, infectious source control, & supportive care for patients with sepsis & septic shock. https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-018-2217-4 10/29/2018 -
“The combination of thiamine (B1) 200 mg every 12 hr, ascorbic acid (1500 mg every 6 hr) & hydrocortisone (50 mg every 6 hr) was associated with a dramatic improvement in organ injury, time to shock reversal, & mortality.”  Via IV.

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2023/01/27/natural-treatment-for-blood-clots.aspx -  

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"Dr. Paul Marik’s protocol of intravenous (IV) vitamin C with hydrocortisone & thiamine (vitamin B1) has been shown to dramatically improve chances of survival in patients with sepsis.¹⁶ 
His retrospective before-after clinical study^17,18 showed giving patients 200 mg of thiamine every 12 hours, 1,500 mg of ascorbic acid every 6 hours, & 50 mg of hydrocortisone every 6 hours for 2 days reduced mortality from 40% to 8.5%. Importantly, the treatment has no side effects & is inexpensive, readily available & simple to administer, so there’s virtually no risk involved.  
Marik’s sepsis protocol can be a lifesaver, so you’d be wise to discuss it with your doctor any time you’re hospitalized, especially if you or someone you love is diagnosed with COVID-19, considering how common sepsis is in those with more severe disease. 
Sepsis is also often the result of a secondary infection contracted while in the hospital, & they’re now finding hospitals are primary vectors of disease, so it’s prudent to be prepared. 
This way, should you develop sepsis while you’re admitted, your medical team already knows your wishes & can act swiftly. According to Marik, the best results are obtained when the concoction is administered within the 1st 6 hours of presentation of symptoms.¹⁹ 
The longer you delay treatment, the less likely it will be successful. If your doctor refuses to consider it offhand, convince him or her to review the studies cited here.^{20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28}

Yogurt may contain 7 natural antibiotics and destroy causes of botulism, salmonella & staphylococcus. 
1-3 cups a day low-fat or skim milk plain yogurt is recommended.
Jim E O'Brien mini magazine The Miracle of Nature's Healing Foods published by Globe Communications Corp.
(Make sure the healthy bacteria are LIVE in your yogurt.  Read label.) 
(Healthy homemade yogurt is good, but homemade kefir is even better.)

Healings

Heidi Baker was healed of MRSA bacteria by God.  10/26/2005 blog http://www.irismin.org/wordpress/

Eilis, Keith - http://sidroth.org/television/tv-archives/keith-ellis?src=weeklybroadcastemail_081715 - http://d3tnb2mam8l2qt.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/IS817Transcript_Ellis.pdf -
Jesus healed 6 yr old son of bacterial spinal meningitis.

Souza, Katie - The Awesome Power of Purpose -
CD http://www.amazon.com/The-Awesome-Power-Purpose-1/dp/B003MOL4J2 -
God delights to heal us to enable us to finish the destiny for which we were created.

Spiritual Insights

Allen, Bruce D - http://stillwatersinternationalministries.org/bio-data/ -
Book Preface @ http://www.amazon.com/Gazing-Into-Glory-Believers-Supernatural/dp/0768437369#reader_0768437369
https://books.google.com/books?id=IqO5yY0o81YC&pg=PT210&lpg=PT210&dq=Bruce+D.+Allen+mosquitoes
(Hooray, NO more mosquitoes biting when we release God's glory, in Jesus' name & power.)

Dvorak, Becky - Conquering the Spirit of Death – chapter #1 informative testimony
https://www.amazon.com/Conquering-Spirit-Death-Experiencing-Resurrection/dp/0768450616 Chapter #1
Addresses typhoid fever a bacterial disease. 
Typhoid is caused by bacterium called Salmonella typhi often transmitted by contaminated food & water.
Typhoid carriers (Some people even after recovery hold the bacteria in their intestine or gallbladder)
Premature death often is undergirded with a spirit called the spirit of death.
https://authorbeckydvorak.com/category/conquering-the-spirit-of-death/ - infant death + suicide examples

DANGER

NANO-Silver @ https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-nanosilver-met-20140216-story.html -
"Mufacturers shy away from labeling things in their products unless it's trendy.
There's a perception that if it's labeled, it could be dangerous.' 
Silver kills germs when it oxidizes & releases silver ions, which are lethal to bacteria & yeast.
Ancient civilizations used the metal to treat open wounds, & American pioneers tossed silver coins into water storage barrels to keep water fresh.  Nano-particles of silver, which can occur naturally, are more powerful than bigger particles because their large surface area relative to their mass increases the number of ions released."
(Older NON-NANO silver has had a significant anti-bacterial/yeast history, but the newer nano-silver is insufficiently tested &/or revealed to the public & some studies show human harm in the smaller virus size form.)

A treatment for bacterial infections that comes from the sewers - 3/2015
@ http://www.israel21c.org/headlines/a-treatment-for-bacterial-infections-that-comes-from-the-sewers/

At the crux of latest discovery is the viperin. It is an enzyme that is known to be a part of the immune system in mammals, including humans, but Sorek’s team has found that it is also part of the immune systems of bacteria. 
He said: “Most people are surprised to hear that viruses attack bacteria, & bacteria have their own means of defense...
'We discovered that 1 of the ways bacteria fight viruses is by having the viperin produce anti-viral compounds, which are small molecules that inhibit the replication of a virus inside bacteria.  The mechanism by which they block the replication of the virus could, we believe, also block replication of viruses that infect us. This is not verified yet but we are currently testing whether this works,' Sorek said.
'We found a few hundred that encode the viperin, & saw the anti-viral molecules that are produced.' 
 Sorek didn’t find a single type of molecules but a family of molecules.
He said that is “exciting” because it raises the possibility that different molecules could be used to fight different viruses...Weizmann research was peer-reviewed & published Wednesday 2020 in journal Nature...

Azithro-mycin - https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/co-existence-of-coronavirus-with-bacterial-pathogen-a-major-cause-of-fatalities-88867?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=34fd2aa8-f581-4e0f-a82c-db3ef086d1b1 A widely used anti-bacterial drug Azithromycin for COVID-19 (coronavirus) patients is giving positive results, doctors assume it is controlling the virus, but this may be a wrong notion, Dogras said, adding, Azithromycin has been used for 'Chlamydia pneumonia' for long.

botulism - http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=1307 (edited) 2006-07-14 "Botulism is a rare serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.
[C. botulinum spores can be killed by heating to extreme temperature (120 degrees Celsius) under pressure using an autoclave or a pressure cooker for at least 30 minutes.
The toxin itself can be killed by boiling for 10 minutes.]  There are 3 main kinds of botulism:
Food borne botulism is caused by eating foods that contain the botulism toxin.
Wound botulism is caused by toxin produced from a wound infected with Clostridium botulinum.
Infant botulism is caused by consuming botulinum bacteria spores, which then grow in intestines & release toxin. 
All forms of botulism can be fatal & are considered medical emergencies. 
Food borne botulism can be especially dangerous because many people can be poisoned by eating a contaminated food. 
What kind of germ is Clostridium botulinum?
Clostridium botulinum is the name of a group of bacteria commonly found in soil.
These rod-shaped organisms grow best in low oxygen conditions.
The bacteria form spores which allow them to survive in a dormant state until exposed to conditions that can support their growth. There are 7 types of botulism toxin designated by the letters A through G. 
Only types A, B, E & F cause illness in humans."

Copper may help to banish bacteria ,  Consider using copper-infused antimicrobial masks, clothing & bedding.
Hypoallergenic pillows may help protect against bacteria, odors & fungus.
 https://www.copperh2o.com/blogs/blog/copperpillowscompleteguide
(Copper pillows &/or pillow-cases may NOT be suitable for inns/hotels due to strong laundry chemicals.)
“Most copper pillow cases are machine washable, & you can toss them in with any other bedding or like-colored garments.
1 thing you can NOT do is add fabric softener into the mix. Regular detergent is fine,
but fabric softener puts the copper oxide particles at risk & may work to strip them from the fabric.
It will also break down the memory foam if a pillow comes with an inner built in. 
Similarly, copper pillow cases can go into a dryer, but dryer sheets are NOT advised…
It’s been proven that leaving ‘dirty’ garments in the (direct noon) sun for a few hours actually works to pull out bacteria as effectively as a machine wash can. Accumulated smells are also able to move out of fabric when left outside, which leaves little reason to throw them into the wash as often…
Copper has long been linked to sporting injuries & the body has been shown to (help) recover from muscular strain & even tearing.”  (EMF issue is NOT mentioned above, which may be good or bad depending on bed: frame & closeness to wall plugs, etc.)