无节制抗生素:超级病菌迟早要了我们的命
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="rise">rise</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="drug">drug</span>-<span word="resistant">resistant</span> <span word="superbugs">superbugs</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="drag">drag</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="back">back</span> ‘<span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="early">early</span> 19<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span>’, <span word="Britain">Britain</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="adviser">adviser</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="warned">warned</span>.</p><p>英国最具权威的医药人士提出警告，日益增长的抗药病菌可能将现今的医疗服务水平拖回至19世纪。</p><p><span word="Unless">Unless</span> <span word="urgent">urgent</span> <span word="action">action</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="taken">taken</span>, <span word="the">the</span> ‘<span word="ticking">ticking</span> <span word="timebomb">timebomb</span>’ <span word="of">of</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="antibiotic">antibiotic</span> <span word="resistance">resistance</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="leave">leave</span> <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="vulnerable">vulnerable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="untreatable">untreatable</span> <span word="bugs">bugs</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="generation">generation</span>.</p><p>除非及时采取措施，随着病菌的抗药能力逐渐提高，将有数以百万计，无法有效治疗的超级病毒肆虐世间。到时，即使一个普通的手术也可能致命。</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="attempt">attempt</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tackle">tackle</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="problem">problem</span>, <span word="GPs">GPs</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="ordered">ordered</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prescribe">prescribe</span> <span word="fewer">fewer</span> <span word="antibiotics">antibiotics</span>.</p><p>目前，为了有效应对将来可能发生的危机，有关当局已下令限制医生开出的抗生素药品数量。</p><p><span word="While">While</span> <span word="infections">infections</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="becoming">becoming</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="beat">beat</span>, <span word="no">no</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="antibiotic">antibiotic</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="since">since</span> 1987. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="contrast">contrast</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="infection">infection</span> <span word="emerges">emerges</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="yearly">yearly</span> <span word="basis">basis</span>.</p><p>自1987年以来，医学人士并未研发出高于目前功能的抗生素药品，而感染症状则是一年变一个花样。医药人士提议政府将抗生素失效的风险列入国家危机事件范畴，仅次于流感事件。</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="blood">blood</span> <span word="poisoning">poisoning</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="antimicrobial">antimicrobial</span> <span word="resistant">resistant</span> (<span word="AMR">AMR</span>) <span word="forms">forms</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="E">E</span>. <span word="coli">coli</span> – <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="twice">twice</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="fatal">fatal</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="normal">normal</span> <span word="bug">bug</span> – <span word="has">has</span> <span word="gone">gone</span> <span word="up">up</span> 60 <span word="per">per</span> <span word="cent">cent</span>.</p>
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