Glossary entry

Chinese term or phrase:

单一效果欠佳

English translation:

a single antibiotic was found less effective

Added to glossary by Elizabeth Ruggiero
Jul 15, 2006 18:08
17 yrs ago
Chinese term

单一效果欠佳

Chinese to English Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals
used in describing the type of antibiotic used for a bacterial infection

Proposed translations

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a single antibiotic was found less effective

Skin anthrax can still be treated with a single antibiotic, but the therapy should continue for 60 days, not 7 to 10 days, ...

''So they look sensitive in the test tube,'' Dr. Gerberding said, ''but if you have a lot of them in a patient and you treat that patient with penicillin, they will rev up to destroy the penicillin, and the treatment may be less effective.''

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FYI

Combined use of two antibiotics is recommended if single administration of an antibiotic is not effective.

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