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The Infection Prevention Strategy (TIPS) launched in 2015 during Antibiotic Resistance Week, so it\u2019s fitting that David Mateo Ricci is our guest for this first episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2011, David was working at an HIV orphanage in Kolkata, India when he was hit by a train. He suffered profound injuries to his leg and was rushed to a clinic in the slums by rickshaw where his leg was amputated just below the knee. When he returned home to Seattle about a month later, he learned that he had been infected by several antibiotic-resistant bacteria. His doctors did not have a clear treatment path for him, as they had never seen a case like David\u2019s. He did not think he would survive this trauma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He endured months of extensive\nantibiotic treatment with harmful drugs that are typically only used as last\nresorts due to their toxicity. The treatment caused a lot of pain, as well as\nmassive kidney and immunity damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Listen to David\u2019s gripping story of\ntrial and triumph as we follow his path from victim to survivor to scientist\nstudying antibiotic resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the next episode, hear how David became an activist who is raising awareness about the oncoming danger of a post-antibiotic era and the unregulated overuse of antibiotics in agriculture and medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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