More superbugs in Canada hospitals than thought
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba  - Drug-resistant superbugs are   present in Canadian hospitals in higher than expected numbers,   according to a study released on Wednesday, spurring a   recommendation to "hit them early, hit them right and hit them   hard."
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A government health watchdog says some NHS Trusts are not reporting superbug outbreaks.
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Sixteen hospital deaths in the Northern Trust area are linked to an outbreak of the superbug C. difficile.
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NEW YORK  - Among patients treated at urban  public hospital emergency rooms for skin and soft-tissue  infections, more and more often the cause appears to be the  antibiotic-resistant 'superbug' known as MRSA, new research  shows.
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The results of the largest ever study into hospital acquired infections in Scotland are due to be revealed.
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Over-prescribing of antibiotics in Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal and France is causing high rates of antibiotic resistance," researchers said on Friday.
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One in 10 patients entering a European hospital can expect to catch an infection there and drug-resistant microbes caught through healthcare are a rapidly growing threat, EU health officials said on Thursday.
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More than 200,000 people are hospitalized each year because of flu-related illnesses, far more than the 114,000 annual hospitalizations previously estimated, researchers at the
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Infections acquired in hospitals, which take a heavy toll on patients, arise mainly from poor hygiene in hospital procedures, not from how sick patients were when they were admitted, according to three new studies.
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A Norovirus outbreak in Calgary appears to be spreading, as the health authority got word over the weekend that six patients and seven staff members at Foothills Hospital have symptoms of the illness.
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Hospitals told to start special hiring; Health minister says funding is sign province is in &#39;high gear&#39; against C. diff. Quebec Order of Nurses president Gyslaine Desrosiers told a nursing convention yesterday
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Newly-released figures for hospital infections such as the superbug MRSA show Welsh hospitals are performing better than their English counterparts.
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At least 49 people have died in Leicester hospitals over the last eight months from a superbug, it is revealed.
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More than twice as many people have fallen ill this year with a strain of bacteria responsible for food poisoning, experts say.
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At least five Montreal hospitals are flouting infection-control guidelines by sticking patients sick with deadly C. difficile diarrhea in rooms with uninfected patients.
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An antibiotic-resistant germ is increasingly causing skin infections and pneumonia in otherwise healthy children and adults.
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MONTREAL (CP) - Faced with a deadly C. difficile epidemic in Quebec, the Public Health Agency of Canada said Thursday it will begin tracking the bacterium in 25 major teaching hospitals across Canada.