Del Mar Chris, Glasziou Paul, Lowe John B, van Driel Mieke L, Hoffmann Tammy, Beller Elaine
Centre for Research in Evidence Based Practice, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland.
Aust Fam Physician. 2012 Nov;41(11):839-40.
We have been aware for decades - perhaps as a somewhat far-off theoretical problem - that antibiotic resistance is a threat to healthcare worldwide. However, the crisis is now here and very real. Each year in Europe alone, 25 000 deaths are directly attributed to antibiotic resistance. New antibiotics are not being produced fast enough, and resistance means we are running out of antibiotics of last resort.
几十年来,我们已经意识到——或许是作为一个有些遥远的理论问题——抗生素耐药性对全球医疗保健构成威胁。然而,现在这场危机已然来临,且非常严峻。仅在欧洲,每年就有2.5万人的死亡直接归因于抗生素耐药性。新抗生素的生产速度不够快,而耐药性意味着我们正在耗尽最后一道防线的抗生素。