託兒所的危險

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數百萬父母將孩子託付的託兒所隱藏著一個潛在的危險。 根據本週末在美國微生物學會組織的會議上提出的研究,這些機構促進了抗生素耐藥性細菌的產生和傳播。

在對八個託兒所、240名幼兒及其46名兄弟姐妹進行的為期兩年的研究中,以色列科學家從託兒所兒童的喉嚨和鼻子中採集了肺炎鏈球菌(或鏈球菌)細菌樣本,發現對抗生素對細菌的治療刺激了耐藥性特徵的發展。 此外,來自兒童兄弟姐妹的樣本顯示了相同的耐藥菌株,表明抗生素耐藥性細菌可以從託兒所傳播到社群。

托兒機構與呼吸道感染的高發率有關。 因此,抗生素使用率很高。 團隊成員Ron Dagan表示,這種情況加上幼兒不發達的衛生標準,為細菌提供了產生這種耐藥性的理想條件。

Kate Wong is an award-winning science writer and senior editor at 大眾科學 focused on evolution, ecology, anthropology, archaeology, paleontology and animal behavior. She is fascinated by human origins, which she has covered for more than 25 years. Recently she has become obsessed with birds. Her reporting has taken her to caves in France and Croatia that Neandertals once called home, to the shores of Kenya's Lake Turkana in search of the oldest stone tools in the world, to Madagascar on an expedition to unearth ancient mammals and dinosaurs, to the icy waters of Antarctica, where humpback whales feast on krill, and on a "Big Day" race around the state of Connecticut to find as many bird species as possible in 24 hours. Kate is co-author, with Donald Johanson, of Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins. She holds a bachelor of science degree in biological anthropology and zoology from the University of Michigan. Follow Wong on X (formerly Twitter) @katewong

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