Author: SJ Gardiner
Publisher: Isolation Press
ISBN: 1923064037
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
She’s out to save lives. But can she help herself when she’s the focus of a killer’s gaze? Perth, Western Australia. Dr Julia Sinclair is still mourning a terrible loss. Determined to soothe her wounds, she tries to distract herself with a return to her infectious disease work at the hospital. But she suspects somebody is trying to sabotage her career when a routine procedure lands her patient on death’s door. Permitted to keep working under a cloud of professional criticism, Julia burns the midnight oil to determine the cause of the mysterious malady. But when more victims cast suspicion on her as the perpetrator of an ugly epidemic, she fears someone wants more than her reputation destroyed. Can this embattled physician expose the truth before she’s the next one in need of an autopsy? Lethal Infection is the gripping second book in the Dr Sinclair Investigations medical thriller series. If you like complex characters, true-to-life details, and edge-of-your-seat action, then you’ll love SJ Gardiner’s head-scratching whodunit.
Lethal Infection: An Infectious Diseases Medical Thriller
Author: SJ Gardiner
Publisher: Isolation Press
ISBN: 1923064037
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
She’s out to save lives. But can she help herself when she’s the focus of a killer’s gaze? Perth, Western Australia. Dr Julia Sinclair is still mourning a terrible loss. Determined to soothe her wounds, she tries to distract herself with a return to her infectious disease work at the hospital. But she suspects somebody is trying to sabotage her career when a routine procedure lands her patient on death’s door. Permitted to keep working under a cloud of professional criticism, Julia burns the midnight oil to determine the cause of the mysterious malady. But when more victims cast suspicion on her as the perpetrator of an ugly epidemic, she fears someone wants more than her reputation destroyed. Can this embattled physician expose the truth before she’s the next one in need of an autopsy? Lethal Infection is the gripping second book in the Dr Sinclair Investigations medical thriller series. If you like complex characters, true-to-life details, and edge-of-your-seat action, then you’ll love SJ Gardiner’s head-scratching whodunit.
Publisher: Isolation Press
ISBN: 1923064037
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
She’s out to save lives. But can she help herself when she’s the focus of a killer’s gaze? Perth, Western Australia. Dr Julia Sinclair is still mourning a terrible loss. Determined to soothe her wounds, she tries to distract herself with a return to her infectious disease work at the hospital. But she suspects somebody is trying to sabotage her career when a routine procedure lands her patient on death’s door. Permitted to keep working under a cloud of professional criticism, Julia burns the midnight oil to determine the cause of the mysterious malady. But when more victims cast suspicion on her as the perpetrator of an ugly epidemic, she fears someone wants more than her reputation destroyed. Can this embattled physician expose the truth before she’s the next one in need of an autopsy? Lethal Infection is the gripping second book in the Dr Sinclair Investigations medical thriller series. If you like complex characters, true-to-life details, and edge-of-your-seat action, then you’ll love SJ Gardiner’s head-scratching whodunit.
Isolation: An Infectious Diseases Medical Thriller
Author: SJ Gardiner
Publisher: Isolation Press
ISBN: 1923064010
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A bacterium resisting all treatment. A specialist battling to save patients. When a sadistic killer returns, will her last hope flatline? Perth, Western Australia. Dr Julia Sinclair craves an escape from grief. Yet even a relentless drive to defeat infectious diseases can’t help the heartsore redhead forget that it’s been a year since her sister’s mysterious disappearance. And when her best friend shockingly vanishes on the anniversary of that dreadful day, she’s tormented by a stream of gruesome thoughts. Distracted by a lethal outbreak of an antibiotic-resistant illness, Julia scrambles to maintain her focus and prevent more deaths. But as the strain spreads like wildfire and she digs further into its origin, she fears the loss of her loved ones is linked to a greater danger circling. Can she follow the trail of bodies without ending up in her own morgue? Isolation is the gritty first book in the Dr Sinclair Investigations medical thriller series. If you like determined heroines, dark humor, and a spattering of gore, then you’ll adore SJ Gardiner’s scalpel-sharp wit.
Publisher: Isolation Press
ISBN: 1923064010
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A bacterium resisting all treatment. A specialist battling to save patients. When a sadistic killer returns, will her last hope flatline? Perth, Western Australia. Dr Julia Sinclair craves an escape from grief. Yet even a relentless drive to defeat infectious diseases can’t help the heartsore redhead forget that it’s been a year since her sister’s mysterious disappearance. And when her best friend shockingly vanishes on the anniversary of that dreadful day, she’s tormented by a stream of gruesome thoughts. Distracted by a lethal outbreak of an antibiotic-resistant illness, Julia scrambles to maintain her focus and prevent more deaths. But as the strain spreads like wildfire and she digs further into its origin, she fears the loss of her loved ones is linked to a greater danger circling. Can she follow the trail of bodies without ending up in her own morgue? Isolation is the gritty first book in the Dr Sinclair Investigations medical thriller series. If you like determined heroines, dark humor, and a spattering of gore, then you’ll adore SJ Gardiner’s scalpel-sharp wit.
The Perfect Predator
Author: Steffanie Strathdee
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 0316418072
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
An electrifying memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life-and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more. "A memoir that reads like a thriller." -New York Times Book Review "A fascinating and terrifying peek into the devastating outcomes of antibiotic misuse-and what happens when standard health care falls short." -Scientific American 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.
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 0316418072
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
An electrifying memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life-and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more. "A memoir that reads like a thriller." -New York Times Book Review "A fascinating and terrifying peek into the devastating outcomes of antibiotic misuse-and what happens when standard health care falls short." -Scientific American 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.
The Lethal Elixir
Author: Dennis Ross
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1665704748
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
When Alex Williams, a quiet Deaconess Hospital Laboratory employee falls ill with a highly contagious and lethal infection, the entire hospital staff panics worrying about their personal exposure and they don’t show up for work. Hospital executives are concerned about the hospital’s image and the possible negative publicity. And Maggie Hamilton, the infectious Diseases Specialist, is perplexed where he could have acquired the disease. After medical scrutiny, they found that Alex suffered from a “weapons grade” strain of Ebola infection that could potentially spread and become a worldwide lethal epidemic. As more evidence surfaces, the medical specialist and her newfound FBI friend, find themselves travelling across the country to locate the perpetrators before the elixir is unleashed upon the world.
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1665704748
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
When Alex Williams, a quiet Deaconess Hospital Laboratory employee falls ill with a highly contagious and lethal infection, the entire hospital staff panics worrying about their personal exposure and they don’t show up for work. Hospital executives are concerned about the hospital’s image and the possible negative publicity. And Maggie Hamilton, the infectious Diseases Specialist, is perplexed where he could have acquired the disease. After medical scrutiny, they found that Alex suffered from a “weapons grade” strain of Ebola infection that could potentially spread and become a worldwide lethal epidemic. As more evidence surfaces, the medical specialist and her newfound FBI friend, find themselves travelling across the country to locate the perpetrators before the elixir is unleashed upon the world.
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
Author: David Quammen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393066800
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 591
Book Description
A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerginghuman diseases.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393066800
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 591
Book Description
A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerginghuman diseases.
The Hot Zone
Author: Richard Preston
Publisher: Corgi
ISBN: 9780552143035
Category : Ebola virus disease
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Imagine a killer with the infectiousness of the common cold and power of the Black Death. Imagine something so deadly that it wipes out 90% of those it touches. Imagine an organism against which there is no defence. But you don't need to imagine. Such a killer exists: it is a virus and its name is Ebola. The Hot Zone tells what happens when the unthinkable becomes reality: when a deadly virus, from the rain forests of Africa, crosses continents and infects a monkey house ten miles from the White House. Ebola is that reality. It has the power to decimate the world's population. Try not to panic. It will be back. There is nothing you can do...
Publisher: Corgi
ISBN: 9780552143035
Category : Ebola virus disease
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Imagine a killer with the infectiousness of the common cold and power of the Black Death. Imagine something so deadly that it wipes out 90% of those it touches. Imagine an organism against which there is no defence. But you don't need to imagine. Such a killer exists: it is a virus and its name is Ebola. The Hot Zone tells what happens when the unthinkable becomes reality: when a deadly virus, from the rain forests of Africa, crosses continents and infects a monkey house ten miles from the White House. Ebola is that reality. It has the power to decimate the world's population. Try not to panic. It will be back. There is nothing you can do...
Superbug
Author: Maryn McKenna
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439171831
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
LURKING in our homes, hospitals, schools, and farms is a terrifying pathogen that is evolving faster than the medical community can track it or drug developers can create antibiotics to quell it. That pathogen is MRSA—methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus—and Superbug is the first book to tell the story of its shocking spread and the alarming danger it poses to us all. Doctors long thought that MRSA was confined to hospitals and clinics, infecting almost exclusively those who were either already ill or old. But through remarkable reporting, including hundreds of interviews with the leading researchers and doctors tracking the deadly bacterium, acclaimed science journalist Maryn McKenna reveals the hidden history of MRSA’s relentless advance—how it has overwhelmed hospitals, assaulted families, and infiltrated agriculture and livestock, moving inexorably into the food chain. Taking readers into the medical centers where frustrated physicians must discard drug after drug as they struggle to keep patients alive, she discloses an explosion of cases that demonstrate how MRSA is growing more virulent, while evolving resistance to antibiotics with astonishing speed. It may infect us at any time, no matter how healthy we are; it is carried by a stunning number of our household pets; and it has been detected in food animals from cows to chickens to pigs. With the sensitivity of a novelist, McKenna portrays the emotional and financial devastation endured by MRSA’s victims, vividly describing the many stealthy ways in which the pathogen overtakes the body and the shock and grief of parents whose healthy children were felled by infection in just hours. Through dogged detective work, she discloses the unheard warnings that predicted the current crisis and lays bare the flaws that have allowed MRSA to rage out of control: misplaced government spending, inadequate public health surveillance, misguided agricultural practices, and vast overuse of the few precious drugs we have left. Empowering readers with the knowledge they need for self-defense, Superbug sounds an alarm: MRSA has evolved into a global emergency that touches almost every aspect of modern life. It is, as one deeply concerned researcher tells McKenna, "the biggest thing since AIDS."
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439171831
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
LURKING in our homes, hospitals, schools, and farms is a terrifying pathogen that is evolving faster than the medical community can track it or drug developers can create antibiotics to quell it. That pathogen is MRSA—methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus—and Superbug is the first book to tell the story of its shocking spread and the alarming danger it poses to us all. Doctors long thought that MRSA was confined to hospitals and clinics, infecting almost exclusively those who were either already ill or old. But through remarkable reporting, including hundreds of interviews with the leading researchers and doctors tracking the deadly bacterium, acclaimed science journalist Maryn McKenna reveals the hidden history of MRSA’s relentless advance—how it has overwhelmed hospitals, assaulted families, and infiltrated agriculture and livestock, moving inexorably into the food chain. Taking readers into the medical centers where frustrated physicians must discard drug after drug as they struggle to keep patients alive, she discloses an explosion of cases that demonstrate how MRSA is growing more virulent, while evolving resistance to antibiotics with astonishing speed. It may infect us at any time, no matter how healthy we are; it is carried by a stunning number of our household pets; and it has been detected in food animals from cows to chickens to pigs. With the sensitivity of a novelist, McKenna portrays the emotional and financial devastation endured by MRSA’s victims, vividly describing the many stealthy ways in which the pathogen overtakes the body and the shock and grief of parents whose healthy children were felled by infection in just hours. Through dogged detective work, she discloses the unheard warnings that predicted the current crisis and lays bare the flaws that have allowed MRSA to rage out of control: misplaced government spending, inadequate public health surveillance, misguided agricultural practices, and vast overuse of the few precious drugs we have left. Empowering readers with the knowledge they need for self-defense, Superbug sounds an alarm: MRSA has evolved into a global emergency that touches almost every aspect of modern life. It is, as one deeply concerned researcher tells McKenna, "the biggest thing since AIDS."
The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis (Great Discoveries)
Author: Sherwin B. Nuland
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039332625X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
A narrative of one of the key turning points in medical history.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039332625X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
A narrative of one of the key turning points in medical history.
We All Fall Down
Author: Daniel Kalla
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1501196944
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER “A tightly plotted thriller, energetic and completely believable.” Booklist No person is left unscathed, no family untouched. Death grows insatiable. Alana Vaughn, an infectious diseases expert with NATO, is urgently summoned to Genoa by an ex-lover to examine a critically ill patient. She’s stunned to discover that the illness is a recurrence of the Black Death. Alana soon suspects bioterrorism, but her WHO counterpart, Byron Menke, disagrees. In their desperate hunt to track down Patient Zero, they stumble across an 800-year-old monastery and a medieval journal that might hold the secret to the present-day outbreak. With the lethal disease spreading fast and no end in sight, it’s a race against time to uncover the truth before millions die.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1501196944
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER “A tightly plotted thriller, energetic and completely believable.” Booklist No person is left unscathed, no family untouched. Death grows insatiable. Alana Vaughn, an infectious diseases expert with NATO, is urgently summoned to Genoa by an ex-lover to examine a critically ill patient. She’s stunned to discover that the illness is a recurrence of the Black Death. Alana soon suspects bioterrorism, but her WHO counterpart, Byron Menke, disagrees. In their desperate hunt to track down Patient Zero, they stumble across an 800-year-old monastery and a medieval journal that might hold the secret to the present-day outbreak. With the lethal disease spreading fast and no end in sight, it’s a race against time to uncover the truth before millions die.
The Hot Zone
Author: Richard Preston
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307817652
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus. Now a mini-series drama starring Julianna Margulies, Topher Grace, Liam Cunningham, James D'Arcy, and Noah Emmerich on National Geographic. A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307817652
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus. Now a mini-series drama starring Julianna Margulies, Topher Grace, Liam Cunningham, James D'Arcy, and Noah Emmerich on National Geographic. A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction.