Could antibiotics like these be ineffective against some illnesses in the future?
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全球醫(yī)學(xué)專家警告說未受抗生素影響的細(xì)菌對(duì)現(xiàn)代醫(yī)學(xué)構(gòu)成了嚴(yán)重威脅。他們?cè)凇读~刀》（The Lancet）雜志上發(fā)表的一篇文章中呼吁世界各地的人們一同對(duì)抗此威脅。以下是 Danny Aeberhard 給 BBC 發(fā)來的報(bào)道：
The experts warn we're at the dawn of a post-antibiotic era. Immediate global action is needed, they say, if dire consequences are to be avoided within just a few years.
This would involve cutting down on the unnecessary prescription of antibiotics and providing incentives to pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs. Research would be needed into how antibiotics in farming affect the growth of drug-resistant strains of bacteria.
The experts warn that without effective antibiotics, treatments ranging from minor surgery to current cancer chemotherapy regimes could become impossible and that deaths from infections in developed countries might return to levels last seen in the early 20th century.
They also say healthcare costs would probably spiral, as we'd be forced to resort to newer, more expensive drugs and stay in hospital for longer when recovering from illness.
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- post-antibiotic era 后抗生素時(shí)代
- dire consequences可怕的后果
- prescription處方，藥方
- incentives獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)措施，獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)機(jī)制
- drug-resistant strains耐藥性菌株
- effective有效的
- treatments治療
- regimes方法
- spiral急劇增長(zhǎng)
- to resort to訴諸于，求助于
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