摘要：英國(guó)最具權(quán)威的醫(yī)藥人士提出警告，日益增長(zhǎng)的抗藥病菌可能將現(xiàn)今的醫(yī)療服務(wù)水平拖回至19世紀(jì)。

The rise of drug-resistant superbugs will drag the health service "back to the early 19th century", Britain's most senior medical adviser has warned.

英國(guó)最具權(quán)威的醫(yī)藥人士提出警告，日益增長(zhǎng)的抗藥病菌可能將現(xiàn)今的醫(yī)療服務(wù)水平拖回至19世紀(jì)。

Unless urgent action is taken, the "ticking timebomb"of growing antibiotic resistance could leave millions vulnerable to untreatable bugs within a generation.

除非及時(shí)采取措施，隨著病菌的抗藥能力逐漸提高，將有數(shù)以百萬計(jì)，無法有效治療的超級(jí)病毒肆虐世間。到時(shí)，即使一個(gè)普通的手術(shù)也可能致命。

In an attempt to tackle the problem, GPs will be ordered to prescribe fewer antibiotics.

目前，為了有效應(yīng)對(duì)將來可能發(fā)生的危機(jī)，有關(guān)當(dāng)局已下令限制醫(yī)生開出的抗生素藥品數(shù)量。

While infections are becoming increasingly difficult to beat, no new class of antibiotic has been discovered since 1987. In contrast, a new infection emerges on an almost yearly basis.

自1987年以來，醫(yī)學(xué)人士并未研發(fā)出高于目前功能的抗生素藥品，而感染癥狀則是一年變一個(gè)花樣。醫(yī)藥人士提議政府將抗生素失效的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)列入國(guó)家危機(jī)事件范疇，僅次于流感事件。

In the past five years, the number of cases of blood poisoning from antimicrobial resistant (AMR) forms of E. coli-which is twice as fatal as the normal bug-has gone up 60 per cent.

這是全球政府都應(yīng)重視的情況。最近五年來，僅因針對(duì)大腸桿菌使用抗生藥物后導(dǎo)致的敗血癥案例數(shù)量就已上升了60%。在過去兩年中，英國(guó)就有兩人死于肺結(jié)核，此肺結(jié)核病菌幾乎不受任何藥物治療的影響。除此之外，抗生素之王碳青霉烯的濫用也是另一件令人擔(dān)憂的事。

But with antibiotics liberally used in agriculture, and available over the counter in many countries, these efforts will be undermined without a united global effort.

由于抗生素在農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)中被廣泛使用，以及國(guó)與國(guó)之間的成藥交易情況，想要防患于未然，世界各國(guó)必須統(tǒng)一戰(zhàn)線?？股厮幤返墓芾砹鞒桃残璐罅φ?。