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RESISTANTSA medical thriller that will forever change the way you see antibiotics
A novel by Thierry Crouzet / Introduction by Pr Didier Pittet / Edited by Bragelonne
HE: THE POISONER
His strength:
He kills for revenge.
His weakness:
He is powerless against her.
SHE: THE HUNTRESS
Her strength:
She resists him.
Her weakness:
She’s not reliable.
TWO SIDES OF A PILL; OPPOSITE, YET INSEPARABLE
THE PROTAGONISTS
BACK COVER
THE PITCH : 100% SCIENTIFIC, 100% FRIGHTENING
HERE ARE SEVEN QUALITIES WE LOVE ABOUT RESISTANTS
Ambitious
Teamwork
A book you want to talk about
Ambitious
Teamwork
A book you want to talk about
Pace
Crime fiction
Eye opening
Universal
Pace
Crime fiction
Eye opening
Universal
THE FACTS
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IS AS CRITICAL AS GLOBAL WARMING
PROFESSOR DIDIER PITTET’S NOTE
EDITOR’S NOTE
READERS’ NOTES
THE BOOK’S EFFECT
WE HAVE LOST A BATTLE BUT NOT THE WAR
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
ALL AROUND THE WORLD, SCIENTISTS ARE BACKING RESISTANTS
Didier Pittet
Director of the Infection Control Program
and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient
Safety, University Hospital of Geneva,
Geneva, Switzerland. Initiator of the Project
Resistants.
Timothy Walsh
Professor of Medical Microbiology and
Antibiotic Resistance at Cardiff University,
Cardiff, Wales. Leads active research
in antibiotic resistance.
Antoine Andremont
Professor of microbiology. Works at the
bacteriology laboratory of the Hôpital
Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France.
Author of Antibiotiques, le naufrage.
Barbara E. Murray
Director, Center for Emerging and
Re-emerging Pathogens. Division Director,
Professor - Infectious Diseases, University
of Texas, USA. Former president of the
Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Peter Collignon
Professor of microbiology at the Australian
National University. He has worked
for the WHO, studying the use of antibiotics
in food animals, and the rise of drug
resistant pathogens.
Ramanan Laxminarayan
Director of the Center for Disease
Dynamics, Economics & Policy where he
looks at big-picture issues of global health.
Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer at
Princeton University, Princeton, USA.
Terry Roemer
Microbiologist at the Center of Fungal
Genetics, Merck Research Laboratories,
Kenilworth, USA.
Jennifer Gardy
Assistant Professor at UBC’s School
of Population and Public Health and Senior
Scientist at the British Columbia Centre
for Disease Control, Vancouver, Canada.
Occasional host of CBC.
Stephan Harbarth
Professor of internal medicine and
infectious disease with extensive research
experience in the field of antimicrobial use
and resistance, University Hospitals
of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Mzia Kutateladze
Microbiologist, director of the Eliava
Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology
and Virology, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Andreas Peschel
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Micro-
biology, Tübingen University, Germany. His
lab studies staphylococcal biology with
special interests in teichoic acids, evasion
of antimicrobial defense mechanisms.
Denise M. Monack
Professor of microbiology and immunology,
department of Microbiology and Immunolo-
gy, Stanford University, Stanford, USA.
Javier Yugueros Marcos
Program Director Infectious Diseases in
Critical Conditions at bioMerieux, Lyon,
France. Focuses on the analysis of markers
related to the immune response of patients.
Andrew F. Read
Professor of Biology and Entomology and
Eberly Professor in Biotechnology at Penn
State University, State College, USA.
Director of the Center for Infectious
Disease Dynamics.
Ariane Cavalier
Pediatrician at Hôpitaux du Bassin
de Thau, Sète, France.
Jean-Philippe Lavigne
Professor of microbiology , University
of Montpellier, France, and head
of the microbiology department of Centre
Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes, France.
Works on bacterial virulence.
David Bikard
Microbiology, CRISPR and Synthetic
Biology enthusiast. Head of lab at Institut
Pasteur, Paris, France. Founder and CSO
of Eligo Bioscience.
Julien Textoris
Doctor specializing in infectious diseases,
clinical immunology and anaesthetics
at bioMerieux and Hôpital Edouard Herriot,
Lyon, France.
Samuel Alizon
CNRS evolutionary ecologist specializing
in the modeling of infectious disease
dynamics, based in the laboratory MIVE-
GEC in Montpellier, France. Author of C’est
grave Dr Darwin ?
Laurent Debardieux
Department of Microbiology-Unit
“Molecular Biology of Gene
in Extremophiles” director, Institut Pasteur,
Paris, France.
William Griffiths
Former pharmacist at University Hospitals
of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Father
of the hydro-alcoholic solution.
Patrick Linder
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular
Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva,
Geneva, Switzerland. Works on RNA
metabolism and control of gene expression
in Staphylococcus aureus.
LAUNCH

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Resistants

  • 1. RESISTANTSA medical thriller that will forever change the way you see antibiotics A novel by Thierry Crouzet / Introduction by Pr Didier Pittet / Edited by Bragelonne
  • 2. HE: THE POISONER His strength: He kills for revenge. His weakness: He is powerless against her. SHE: THE HUNTRESS Her strength: She resists him. Her weakness: She’s not reliable. TWO SIDES OF A PILL; OPPOSITE, YET INSEPARABLE THE PROTAGONISTS
  • 4. THE PITCH : 100% SCIENTIFIC, 100% FRIGHTENING HERE ARE SEVEN QUALITIES WE LOVE ABOUT RESISTANTS Ambitious Teamwork A book you want to talk about Ambitious Teamwork A book you want to talk about
  • 6. THE FACTS ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IS AS CRITICAL AS GLOBAL WARMING
  • 10.
  • 11. THE BOOK’S EFFECT WE HAVE LOST A BATTLE BUT NOT THE WAR
  • 12. WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY ALL AROUND THE WORLD, SCIENTISTS ARE BACKING RESISTANTS Didier Pittet Director of the Infection Control Program and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Initiator of the Project Resistants. Timothy Walsh Professor of Medical Microbiology and Antibiotic Resistance at Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales. Leads active research in antibiotic resistance. Antoine Andremont Professor of microbiology. Works at the bacteriology laboratory of the Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France. Author of Antibiotiques, le naufrage. Barbara E. Murray Director, Center for Emerging and Re-emerging Pathogens. Division Director, Professor - Infectious Diseases, University of Texas, USA. Former president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Peter Collignon Professor of microbiology at the Australian National University. He has worked for the WHO, studying the use of antibiotics in food animals, and the rise of drug resistant pathogens. Ramanan Laxminarayan Director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy where he looks at big-picture issues of global health. Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University, Princeton, USA.
  • 13. Terry Roemer Microbiologist at the Center of Fungal Genetics, Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth, USA. Jennifer Gardy Assistant Professor at UBC’s School of Population and Public Health and Senior Scientist at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, Canada. Occasional host of CBC. Stephan Harbarth Professor of internal medicine and infectious disease with extensive research experience in the field of antimicrobial use and resistance, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Mzia Kutateladze Microbiologist, director of the Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology and Virology, Tbilisi, Georgia. Andreas Peschel Professor of Cellular and Molecular Micro- biology, Tübingen University, Germany. His lab studies staphylococcal biology with special interests in teichoic acids, evasion of antimicrobial defense mechanisms. Denise M. Monack Professor of microbiology and immunology, department of Microbiology and Immunolo- gy, Stanford University, Stanford, USA. Javier Yugueros Marcos Program Director Infectious Diseases in Critical Conditions at bioMerieux, Lyon, France. Focuses on the analysis of markers related to the immune response of patients. Andrew F. Read Professor of Biology and Entomology and Eberly Professor in Biotechnology at Penn State University, State College, USA. Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics.
  • 14. Ariane Cavalier Pediatrician at Hôpitaux du Bassin de Thau, Sète, France. Jean-Philippe Lavigne Professor of microbiology , University of Montpellier, France, and head of the microbiology department of Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes, France. Works on bacterial virulence. David Bikard Microbiology, CRISPR and Synthetic Biology enthusiast. Head of lab at Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. Founder and CSO of Eligo Bioscience. Julien Textoris Doctor specializing in infectious diseases, clinical immunology and anaesthetics at bioMerieux and Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France. Samuel Alizon CNRS evolutionary ecologist specializing in the modeling of infectious disease dynamics, based in the laboratory MIVE- GEC in Montpellier, France. Author of C’est grave Dr Darwin ? Laurent Debardieux Department of Microbiology-Unit “Molecular Biology of Gene in Extremophiles” director, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. William Griffiths Former pharmacist at University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Father of the hydro-alcoholic solution. Patrick Linder Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Works on RNA metabolism and control of gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus.