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The Perfect Predator : A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband From a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir by Strathdee, Steffanie/Patterson, Thomas and Barker, Teresa & Patterson, Thomas & Barker, Teresa is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Perfect Predator : A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband From a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir about?
Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her husband Tom Patterson, were vacationing in Egypt when he came down with a stomach bug. Steffanie dosed Tom with an antibiotic and expected it to pass, but his condition turned critical. After Tom was medevacked back home, ICU doctors found out why: Tom was fighting the most lethal antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the world. As Tom lay dying, Steffanie combed through decades-old research and resurrected a forgotten cure—but this drug was alive. Injecting it into him could kill or cure him. Allying with the FDA, and researchers around the world to save her husband before it was too late. The Perfect Predator is a true story of love and against-all-odds survival, detailing how Steffanie helped uncover the science behind what is now a powerful new weapon in the global superbug crisis..
Who reads The Perfect Predator : A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband From a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Strathdee, Steffanie/Patterson, Thomas and Barker, Teresa & Patterson, Thomas & Barker, Teresa
- Publisher
- Hachette Book Group USA
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780316418072
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Memoir, Science, Medical
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (1,051 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
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