Hospital bug deaths on the rise
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The number of deaths linked to a hospital bug called C. difficile has outstripped those due to MRSA.
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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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MONTREAL - Infection rates from 2003 indicate the Clostridium difficile bacterium may be more widespread in Quebec hospitals, and more deadly, than previously thought.
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Two hospitals in Belfast are struck by a virus that causes vomiting and diahorrea.
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The number of malnutrition cases recorded by hospitals rises for the fourth year in a row, figures show.
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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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Health experts are investigating a surge in the number of reported cases of Legionnaires' disease in England and Wales.
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Over 100 hospital wards closed amid fears that infection will spread
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Thousands of cases of the hospital bug Clostridium difficile have not been reported in recent years, data shows.
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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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Seven hospitals across Wales shut wards due to an outbreak of stomach bugs.
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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 dangerous, drug-resistant staph germ may be infecting as many as 5 percent of hospital and nursing home patients, according to a comprehensive study.
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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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Infectious diseases are spreading faster than ever, the World Health Organization annual report says.
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Operations suspended after rise in number of deaths, NHS management says
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British scientists are developing a vaccine to combat the life-threatening Clostridium difficile hospital bug.