C. difficile carriers implicated in outbreak
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NEW YORK  - A study shows that individuals can harbor the bacterium, Clostridium difficile, but may not become ill. However, these carriers frequently shed virus onto their skin and into the environment and, as a result, may contribute significantly to disease transmission.
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Bacteria that cause a troublesome and sometimes fatal type of diarrhea in hospital patients can be found in and on the bodies of people who have no symptoms at all, U.S. researchers reported on Friday.
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A deadly bacteria that attacks the intestines of mainly elderly patients is showing up with more frequency at a handful of Ontario hospitals, Joshua Tepper, the Canadian province's acting chief medical officer of health, said on Tuesday.
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Investigators are trying to determine the source of an outbreak of gastrointestinal infections on an island in Ohio. More than 1,000 visitors to South Bass Island in Lake Erie
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Hospital bug Clostridium difficile is mentioned on the death certificates of 77 NI people in 2007.
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Sep 24, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - United Kingdom health officials this week began telling several thousand Britons they may face a slightly increased risk of contracting variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) because they received blood products from
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MONTREAL (CP) - Public-health experts warned Thursday of a lack of private hospital rooms, resources and even hand-washing measures to fight the deadly C. difficile outbreak.
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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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An antibiotic-resistant germ is increasingly causing skin infections and pneumonia in otherwise healthy children and adults. That&#39;s according to two of several
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CHICAGO -- Animal control officials in Chicago say the city has seen an outbreak of a canine distemper virus that can be fatal to dogs.
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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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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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There are reports a bacteria plaguing Quebec hospitals is more widespread and deadly than previously believed. After studying the spread of Clostridium difficile bacteria at eight hospitals in Montreal, a
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A study suggests that a virulent drug-resistant bacterium spreading in hospitals and nursing homes may be twice as common as once thought.
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Oct 18, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - In response to an apparent increase in illnesses due to contaminated produce, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released an &quot;action plan&quot; for reducing microbial contamination of fresh fruits and vegetables.
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An outbreak of E. coli bacterial infections in central New Jersey has grown to 19 confirmed cases, a health official said Monday.
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Quebec hospitals have been ordered to isolate patients who are infected with C. difficile. But according to some patients, that isn&#39;t happening fast enough.