The perfect predator : a scientist's race to save her husband from a deadly superbug
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Published
New York : Hachette Books, 2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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Published
New York : Hachette Books, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"A memoir"--Jacket.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-325) and index.
Description
Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her husband, psychologist Tom Patterson, were vacationing in Egypt when Tom came down with a stomach bug. What at first seemed like a case of food poisoning quickly turned critical, and by the time Tom had been transferred via emergency medevac to the world-class medical center at UC San Diego, where both he and Steffanie worked, blood work revealed why modern medicine was failing: Tom was fighting one of the most dangerous, antibiotic- resistant bacteria in the world.Frantic, Steffanie combed through research old and new and came across phage therapy: the idea that the right virus, aka "the perfect predator," can kill even the most lethal bacteria. Phage treatment had fallen out of favor almost 100 years ago, after antibiotic use went mainstream. Now, with time running out, Steffanie appealed to phage researchers all over the world for help. She found allies at the FDA, researchers from Texas A&M, and a clandestine Navy biomedical center-and together they resurrected a forgotten cure.A nail-biting medical mystery, The Perfect Predator is a story of love and survival against all odds, and the (re)discovery of a powerful new weapon in the global superbug crisis.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Strathdee, S., Patterson, T. L., & Barker, T. (2019). The perfect predator: a scientist's race to save her husband from a deadly superbug (First edition.). Hachette Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Strathdee, Steffanie, Thomas L., Patterson and Teresa, Barker. 2019. The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband From a Deadly Superbug. Hachette Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Strathdee, Steffanie, Thomas L., Patterson and Teresa, Barker. The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband From a Deadly Superbug Hachette Books, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Strathdee, Steffanie,, Thomas L. Patterson, and Teresa Barker. The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband From a Deadly Superbug First edition., Hachette Books, 2019.
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