英文早点 | 1114_超级细菌对美国的医疗系统造成了650亿美元的威胁

自从1928弗莱明发明青霉素对抗细菌感染以来，人类的平均寿命明显增加。人们乐观地以为，抗菌素已经彻底解决了细菌感染的问题。但事实清楚地告诉我们，抗菌药物是一把双刃剑。一方面它能杀死细菌，另一方面总有一些狡猾的细菌没有被杀死，而是产生耐药基因，于是出现了耐药性越来越强的超级耐药菌。

Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.----Kaiser

Antimicrobial resistance is a large and growing problem, with the potential for enormous health and economic consequences for the United States and the rest of the world.

A five-pronged assault on antimicrobial resistance — promoting better hygiene and sanitation among health-care workers; ending the overprescription of antibiotics; testing patients more quickly to determine whether they have viral or bacterial infections; delaying antibiotic prescriptions by three days, and creating more public awareness campaigns — could counter one of the biggest threats to modern medicine.

文本选自 ：CNBC

作者 ：Nasos Koukakis

原文标题 ：Superbugs pose a dangerous, $65 billion threat to the US health-care system

原文发布时间 ：7 Nov, 2018

enormous

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• adj. 巨大的； 庞大的； 极恶的； 凶暴的

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