完美捕食者
The Perfect Predator
Steffanie Strathdee、Thomas Patterson · 初版 2019 年
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流行病学家 Steffanie Strathdee 和她的丈夫——心理学家 Tom Patterson 在埃及度假时，Tom 突发肠胃疾病。起初看似普通的食物中毒迅速恶化为危急病况。当 Tom 通过紧急医疗后送被转运至两人就职的 UC San Diego 顶级医学中心时，血液检测揭示了现代医学为何束手无策：Tom 感染了世界上最危险的耐药超级细菌之一。在绝望中，Steffanie 翻遍新旧研究资料，偶然发现了噬菌体疗法（phage therapy）：
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…comeback with a few high-profile case studies in recent years. Tom Patterson had an atb resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection that was cured with phages [1]. His wife wrote a book about it (The Perfect Predator) that is a good read review of the field. More recently, a patient with cystic fibrosis was cured of a Mycobacterium abscessus infection with phage therapy [2]. These therapies are currently very expensive…