Last May, an elderly man was admitted to the Brooklyn branch of Mount Sinai Hospital for abdominal surgery. A blood test revealed that he was infected with a newly discovered germ as deadly as it was mysterious. Doctors swiftly isolated him in the intensive care unit.
纽约市西奈山医院去年5月为一名老年男性患者做腹部手术时,发现他感染了一种“神秘而致命”的真菌,医院迅速将其隔离在重症监护室。
abdominal /æbˈdɑmɪn(ə)l/ adj.腹部的
当时,病房很多地方都遭到了真菌入侵,院方为此对墙壁、病床、门、水槽、电话都进行了特殊消毒,甚至拆除了部分天花板和地板。
Tests showed it was everywhere in his room, so invasive that the hospital needed special cleaning equipment and had to rip out some of the ceiling and floor tiles to eradicate it.
eradicate /ɪˈrædɪˌkeɪt/ v.根除;扑灭;根绝
但这种致命的真菌却顽强地存活下来。
目前,耳念珠菌已蔓延至纽约、新泽西和伊利诺伊等12个州。
In the United States, 587 cases of people having contracted C. auris have been reported, concentrated with 309 in New York, 104 in New Jersey and 144 in Illinois, according to the C.D.C.
CDC已将耳念珠菌列入“紧急威胁”名单。
新型超级真菌波及多国
据美国疾病控制与预防中心通报,到2019年3月29日,全球已经有617例耳念珠菌感染案例。
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