Researcher calls C. difficile `an epidemic&#39;
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MONTREALâAn infection-control specialist has described a Clostridium difficile outbreak in Quebec as an &quot;epidemic&quot; that has killed 109 people in 10 hospitals over a six-month period this year.
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The curative power of yogurt to prevent cases of thrush when taking antibiotics has been debunked by a University of Melbourne researcher.
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A common infection that causes diarrhea may be to blame for the nearly doubled incidence of a certain kind of colitis, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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As national estimates focus on an increase in serious infections caused by an antibiotic-resistant germ, officials in the Washington region have identified more than a dozen cases among students and are organizing extensive cleanups of numerous schools.
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A new study suggests that a solution to drug-resistant bacteria like staph could be forcing the bugs to kill themselves.
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Rates of the superbug MRSA are falling, but the potentially more dangerous C. difficile is thriving, figures show.
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The number of deaths linked to a hospital bug called Clostridium difficile has outstripped those due to MRSA, statistics show.
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The Quebec health department has been too slow reacting to the outbreak of C. difficile in hospitals in Montreal and elsewhere in the province.
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MONTREAL -- An infection-control specialist described a C. difficile outbreak in Quebec yesterday as an &quot;epidemic&quot; that has killed 109 people in 10 hospitals over a six-month period this year.
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A strain of the C. difficile bacterium with properties linked to increased virulence has become predominant in several US hospitals, prompting researchers to suggest that this strain may be responsible for the sharp increase in cases and severity of
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QUEBEC CITY - Quebec may have been hit with more cases of C. difficile infection than elsewhere in Canada because the province&#39;s doctors prescribe more antibiotics, Quebec&#39;s health minister said Tuesday.
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MONTREAL - Hospitals need to be systematic and consistent about applying infection control measures to cut short an outbreak of C. difficile in Quebec, provincial health officials said Thursday.
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Scientists say the number of cases of humans being infected with bird flu may have been underestimated.
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A World Health Organization expert is ominously warning there&#39;s no question the global population will face another flu pandemic, it&#39;s just a matter of when.
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SMELLING faeces could soon play a crucial role in detecting the hospital bug Clostridium difficile, scientists said.  The odour from healthy stools and people with infectious diarrhoea differ in their chemical composition.
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[Health India]: Washington, Oct 21 : The results of a study carried out by Berrylin J. Ferguson, associate professor of otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, has revealed that sinusitis and bronchitis takes a significant toll
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British scientists are developing a vaccine to combat the life-threatening Clostridium difficile hospital bug.