College lab class ends with 32 people on antibiotics for deadly germ exposure
摘要
在一节大学微生物实验课上，由于一系列意外事件，33人（包括学生、教授和实验室工作人员）误以为自己接触了致命病原体。其中32人开始服用抗生素作为预防措施，另有两人因出现轻微症状接受了腰椎穿刺。然而，事后证实无人真正暴露于危险病原体。该事件作为一则警示案例，发表于最新一期《发病率和死亡率周报》。事件起因于一次简单的实验室练习，学生需对未知细菌进行鉴定。
A bizarre series of events in a college microbiology lab class left 33 people—including students, professors, and lab workers—believing they were exposed to a deadly germ. Of those, 32 began taking an antibiotic regimen as a precaution to prevent a life-threatening infection. Two also underwent lumbar punctures—aka spinal taps—after developing mild symptoms.
But none of them had actually been exposed to a dangerous pathogen, a fortunate twist in the strange incident, which otherwise stands to be a cautionary tale for the ages. The incident was published in a recent issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
It began with a simple laboratory exercise. The microbiology lab students were supposed to be given mystery bacteria by their instructors and then identify the microbe based on a series of biochemical tests and morphological characterization.
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