医学英语轻松学 第2期:感染

 Antibiotic¹-resistant germs cause more than two million illnesses and at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.

抗生素抗药性细菌会引发200多万种疾病，每年有至少2.3万名美国人因此而死亡。

Inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics² and insufficient³ infection control in health care facilities can contribute to drug resistance and put patients at risk for deadly infections, like C. difficile-associated diarrhea.

乱开抗生素药物，医疗保健中心对感染的控制不及，这些都会造成耐药性，病患也会有遭受致命感染的风险，例如“困难梭菌”腹泻

Transferring patients between facilities without appropriate infection control actions puts even more people in jeopardy⁴.

在没有对感染进行适当控制的情况下，转院甚至会让更多人遭受威胁。

Now more than ever is the time for public health authorities and health care facilities to work together.

如今，让公共卫生部门和医疗中心进行协作再适合不过了。

Health departments, track and alert health care facilities to drug-resistant outbreaks in their area.

卫生部门需要对医疗中心的抗药爆发区进行跟踪，并进行警惕。

Health care facilities, work with public health authorities to share information about antibiotic-resistant germs and C. difficile to stop their spread.

医疗中心与公共卫生各部门一同协作，共享抗生素抗药性细菌和“困难梭菌”信息，防止扩散。

With effective infection control and antibiotic stewardship⁵ efforts, we could save 37,000 lives over five years.

有了对感染的有效控制，以及对抗生素药物的管理，我们能够在未来五年挽救3.7万人。

1.health care 医疗保健

例句：In Holland, the government sets a yearly budget for health care.

在荷兰，政府会制定医疗保健部门的年度预算。

2.drug-resistant 抗药的

例句：One aim is to fight the spread of drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis⁶.

他们的目标之一,就是阻止那些具有抗药性的肺结核的传播.

3.put at risk 使处于危险境地

例句：For every farm job that is lost, two or three other jobs in the area are put at risk.

在该地区每有一个农民失去工作，另外两到三个从事其他工作的人就会面临失业的危险。

4.at least 至少

例句：Try to eat at least four slices of bread a day.

每天尽量至少吃4片面包。

1 antibiotic   

adj.抗菌的；n.抗生素

参考例句：

• The doctor said that I should take some antibiotic.医生说我应该服些用抗生素。
• Antibiotic can be used against infection.抗菌素可以用来防止感染。

2 antibiotics   

n.（用作复数）抗生素；（用作单数）抗生物质的研究；抗生素，抗菌素( antibiotic的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century 20世纪抗生素的发现
• The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics. 医生给我开了抗生素。

3 insufficient   

adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的

参考例句：

• There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
• In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。

4 jeopardy   

n.危险；危难

参考例句：

• His foolish behaviour may put his whole future in jeopardy.他愚蠢的行为可能毁了他一生的前程。
• It is precisely at this juncture that the boss finds himself in double jeopardy.恰恰在这个关键时刻，上司发现自己处于进退两难的境地。

5 stewardship   

n. n. 管理工作；管事人的职位及职责

参考例句：

• The organization certainly prospered under his stewardship. 不可否认，这个组织在他的管理下兴旺了起来。
• Last, but certainly not least, are the issues of stewardship and ethics. 最后，但当然不是微不足道的，是工作和道德规范的问题。

6 tuberculosis   

n.结核病，肺结核

参考例句：

• People used to go to special health spring to recover from tuberculosis.人们常去温泉疗养胜地治疗肺结核。
• Tuberculosis is a curable disease.肺结核是一种可治愈的病。