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- noun
Clostridium difficile .
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The bacteria, known as C. difficile, causes about 500,000 infections and 30,000 deaths a year in the U.S., mostly among people in hospitals and the elderly, according to the
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The bacteria, known as C. difficile, causes about 500,000 infections and 30,000 deaths a year in the U.S., mostly among people in hospitals and the elderly, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
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The study also found that children with C. difficile had a 20% higher risk of dying, 36% higher rates of surgical colectomy removal of a section of the intestine, and were hospitalized more than four times as long.
Many Risks of Shoveling Snow Stressed in New Study Ann Lukits 2011
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A method for making instant steam, without the need for electricity, promises to be useful for tackling antibiotic resistant ‘superbugs’ like MRSA and C. difficile, as well as removing chewing gum from pavements and powering environmentally friendly cars, reports Nina Morgan in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI.
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A method for making instant steam, without the need for electricity, promises to be useful for tackling antibiotic resistant ‘superbugs’ like MRSA and C. difficile, as well as removing chewing gum from pavements and powering environmentally friendly cars, reports Nina Morgan in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI.
Death to Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs … And Chewing Gum « Lean Left 2007
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A method for making instant steam, without the need for electricity, promises to be useful for tackling antibiotic resistant ‘superbugs’ like MRSA and C. difficile, as well as removing chewing gum from pavements and powering environmentally friendly cars, reports Nina Morgan in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI.
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The next day, there were signs posted in the hallway of the hospital warning of an outbreak of C. difficile.
Thestar.com - Home Page Joe Fiorito 2011
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The infectious bacteria C. difficile has claimed the life of another Ontario patient in the Niagara region this weekend, raising the death toll to 26 linked to the outbreak.
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This may be even more dangerous than the creation of superbugs, like C. difficile, he warns.
Thestar.com - Home Page Theresa Boyle 2011
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In addition to C. difficile, "PPIs facilitate other intestinal infections," DuPont said, including "Salmonella, Campylobacter, Vibrios including cholera and Listeria - all important causes of food-borne disease."
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