C-Difficile Spreading across Montreal
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Montreal health officials believe the deadly C-difficile bacterium is spreading from hospitals into the city. Dr. Sandra Dial says she was surprised to learn that two McGill students became infected with the superbug.
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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.
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A strain of bacteria that has been plaguing Quebec hospitals is more widespread and deadly than previously believed. A study by McGill University epidemiologist Vivian Loo looked at incidents of Clostridium
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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 always happening fast enough.
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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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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.
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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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MONTREAL (CP) - An infection-control specialist described a C. difficile outbreak in Quebec Wednesday as an 'epidemic' that has killed 109 people in 10 hospitals over a six-month period this year.
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LACOLLE, QUE. - Hundreds of seniors from Plattsburgh, NY took buses to Quebec Friday to receive flu shots. The mayor of Plattsburgh arranged the trip with the help of Bloc Quebecois MP, Claude Bachand.
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TORONTO (CP) - A strain of C. difficile with properties linked to increased virulence has become predominant in several US hospitals, prompting researchers to suggest that bacteria strain may be responsible for the sharp increase in cases and severity of
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New data from the city's Health Department show an increase in H.I.V. infection rates among young men.
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A chronology of events in the deadly outbreak of E. coli in the southwestern Ontario farming town of Walkerton. May 12, 2000: Torrential rains wash bacteria from cattle manure into Walkerton&#39;s shallow town well.
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A Calgary doctor aiming to find a way to eliminate the superbug C. difficile now has a new &quot;stadium-size microscope&quot; to use as a research weapon.
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The Calgary Health Region says it still doesn&#39;t know what made about 140 people sick at the Drop-In Centre. Health officials say that more people could also become ill.
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Fear a virulent strain of the C. difficile bacterium has spread beyond hospital walls is being fuelled by a report two Montreal university students are infected.
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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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_ Health officials said the flu was &quot;widespread&quot; in the city on Tuesday after finding increases in positive cultures from local labs, sales of over-the-counter flu medications and the number of people reporting symptoms in doctors&#39; offices