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The Paradox of Antibiotic Resistance
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The proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria represents one of the most formidable challenges confronting modern medicine. Unlike conventional threats, resistance evolves through a process that the very act of treatment inadvertently accelerates — each antibiotic application exerts selective pressure that favors the survival of resistant strains. This self-defeating dynamic, which epidemiologists term "evolutionary malpractice," has prompted a fundamental reconsideration of how antimicrobial agents should be deployed.
Some researchers advocate for "antibiotic stewardship," a framework predicated on the judicious rationing of existing drugs to forestall the emergence of pan-resistant organisms. Critics contend, however, that stewardship alone is insufficient without concomitant investment in novel drug discovery — a field that pharmaceutical companies have largely abandoned owing to unfavorable economic incentives.
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2. "Evolutionary malpractice" most nearly suggests that
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The Paradox of Antibiotic Resistance
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The proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria represents one of the most formidable challenges confronting modern medicine. Unlike conventional threats, resistance evolves through a process that the very act of treatment inadvertently accelerates — each antibiotic application exerts selective pressure that favors the survival of resistant strains. This self-defeating dynamic, which epidemiologists term "evolutionary malpractice," has prompted a fundamental reconsideration of how antimicrobial agents should be deployed.
Some researchers advocate for "antibiotic stewardship," a framework predicated on the judicious rationing of existing drugs to forestall the emergence of pan-resistant organisms. Critics contend, however, that stewardship alone is insufficient without concomitant investment in novel drug discovery — a field that pharmaceutical companies have largely abandoned owing to unfavorable economic incentives.
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1. The author's primary purpose in this passage is to
2. "Evolutionary malpractice" most nearly suggests that
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