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Is C. diff the New MRSA?
August 26, 2008 | Individual.com
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- "MRSA" outbreaks are becoming an increasingly known risk among the general U.S. population and the healthcare system that cares for them.
TANCS Steam Vapor Wipes Out MRSA and VRE
August 4, 2008 | PR Web
Studies with MRSA and VRE demonstrate complete surface disinfection within just 5...
Fresh scent may hide toxic secret
July 23, 2008 | Seattle PI
New bacteria strain concerns health department
July 17, 2008 | KHNL News 8
- A brand new strain of bacteria infection has the Hawaii Department of Health concerned. It's been around a decade in various parts of the world, but this is the first known case in Hawaii, and doctors have not found a way to treat it.
Beware, patients: Killer bug plagues hospitals
July 13, 2008 | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Beware, patients: Killer bug plagues hospitals More Americans are getting sick from a potentially fatal bacterial infection usually caught by people in hospitals or nursing homes.
Record Numbers Dying From MRSA Hospital Superbug
July 9, 2008 | Anyarticle.net
Whenever the debate over NHS funding and efficiency is raised the controversy surrounding hospital cleanliness and the reported explosion in bugs and hospital contracted infections is rarely far behind.
Health Warning - Superbug emerging across Canada
July 4, 2008 | Free Dominion
Superbugs 'just out there on the streets' Experts concerned Sharon Kirkey, Published: Monday, March 19, 2007 It began with what looked like a pimple below her bottom lip.
C. difficile has killed at least 460 in Ontario
July 4, 2008 | Silo Breaker
At least 460 patients infected with the lethal superbug C. difficile have died in Ontario hospitals over the past 30 months. A tally by the Hamilton Spectator shows that 463 infected patients died at just 22 of Ontario's 157 hospitals.
A side of Clostridium difficile with your hamburger? - Better Life
July 1, 2008 | USA Today
Could the bacterium Clostridium difficile--C diff for short--be an uninvited guest at your Fourth of July cookout? C diff is the main cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in hospitalized patients, and it's resistant to treatment by many antibiotics.
Public fear hospital infections the most
June 30, 2008 | Silo Breaker
A BBC poll has revealed that the main concern about hospital care is the risk of picking up a hospital-inquired infection such as MRSA or Clostridium difficile.