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Cargando... Resistancepor Daniel Kalla
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No treatment. No cure. No hope Once it seemed as though penicillin and other antibiotics had won humanity a lasting victory over harmful bacteria. But now hardier bugs, resistant to most common classes of antibiotics, are emerging-with potentially catastrophic consequences. When Dr. Catalina Lopez of the Center for Disease Control first receives a report of a lethal new "superbug" immune toall known antibiotics, she realizes that she has a major health crisis on her hands. An ultra-resistant form of group A strep is spreading like wildfire throughout hospitals and emergency rooms in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Doctors, lacking any effective way to combat the infection, can do nothing but stand by and watch their patients die, one after another. Dr. Graham Kilburn, an infectious disease specialist in Vancouver, is one such doctor. Desperate to contain the spread of the new superbug, he joins forces with Lina Lopez as they try to find some way to halt the growing epidemic. What they don't realize is that shadowy forces are conspiring to spread the disease on purpose-and they will stop at nothing to avoid exposure. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This shockingly realistic novel explores what could happen if a deadly new “superbug” was unleashed on an unsuspecting world and was completely resistant to all known antibiotics. And what if its release was intentional? This is the premise for Daniel Kalla’s medical thriller Resistance.
The author brings together some intelligent, tough and realistic characters in a search for the truth: Dr. Graham Kilburn, an infectious disease specialist in Vancouver; Dr. Catalina Lopez, who works at the Centers for Disease Control; and Seth Cohen and Roman Leetch, two Oregon police detectives.
Kalla’s writing flows through his characters and really shines when he reaches medical or scientific prose. Not only does he draw on his experience and expertise as an ER physician in a Vancouver hospital, he also gives us a terrifying message about our overuse of antibiotics.
The action moves at lightning speed, carrying readers across borders and reminding us that to deadly viruses and superbugs, there are no borders. Furthermore, Resistance delivers a surprising twist just when you think you’ve got it all figured out. Kudos to Kalla!
This is the perfect book to take on holiday, although you might want to hold your breath if you’re flying. I probably wouldn’t recommend you bring it with you if you have a hospital stay. And the one thing I have to say for sure, don’t read this book if you have a cold or the flu. I made that error while suffering through a wicked flu and nearly scared myself silly as I read the description of the symptoms caused by the author’s fictional superbug.
Daniel Kalla is a Canadian author whose works were unfamiliar to me, but I have to say, I’m HOOKED! I can’t wait to read more! If you enjoy works by Michael Crichton, Robin Cook or Michael Palmer, I guarantee you’ll enjoy Resistance by Daniel Kalla!
~Cheryl Kaye Tardif ,
bestselling author of The River, “a cross between Michael Crichton's Timeline and Dan Brown's Angels & Demons”. (