Desperate C. diff patients overcome 'ick factor' to embrace unusual therapyGoogle Alerts - Clostridium Difficile

TORONTO - The way Susan Dunn sees it, there is no ick factor involved in the unconventional treatment that cured her of C. difficile, an infection that had made her life a living hell for nine months. Dunn, who lived at the time in North Carolina, ...
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The war against superbugsGoogle Alerts - Clostridium Difficile

Report by Judith Duffy Millions of pounds have already been spent trying to wipe out hospital superbugs such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile (C diff), but still hundreds of cases are being reported every year. Now the Scottish Government is to plough ...
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C. difficile outbreak declared over at regional hospitalGoogle Alerts - Clostridium Difficile

By Laura Jean Grant Cape Breton Post SYDNEY â?? The latest outbreak of Clostridium difficile at the island's largest hospital is being declared over. Officials with the Cape Breton District Health Authority made that declaration Friday and lifted ... See all stories on this topic »

Cape Breton Post

C. difficile outbreak over in Sydney hospitalGoogle Alerts - Clostridium Difficile

The health authority says an outbreak of Clostridium difficile at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital is now over.The health authority says an outbreak of Clostridium difficile at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital is now over. See all stories on this topic »

CBC.ca

C. difficile not just a Cape Breton problemGoogle Alerts - Clostridium Difficile

By Greg McNeil Cape Breton Post SYDNEY â?? Any hospital that says it doesn't have a Clostridium difficile problem is probably not looking very hard for it, says a professor of microbiology and pathology at Dalhousie University.
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OAP, 86, killed by hospital bug after routine knee opGoogle Alerts - Clostridium Difficile

Dorothy Harley, 86, was one of five patients diagnosed with C-difficile (Clostridium difficile â?? a bacterial infection which causes severe diarrhoea and other intestinal disease) during an outbreak in two hospital wards last October. See all stories on this topic »

Burton Mail

Northern California Clinical Research Center conducting C. difficile vaccine ...Google Alerts - Clostridium Difficile

By staff reports Northern California Clinical Research Center in Redding is participating in a phase II clinical study of a vaccine for prevention of Clostridium difficile infection. C. difficile is a bacteria related to tetanus and botulism.
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C difficile scare ward open againGoogle Alerts - Clostridium Difficile

Eight patients contracted C difficile. A spokeswoman for NHS Highland said said: â??There have been no new cases since Friday 27 January. â??As of today, Ward 4C has one patient confirmed with Clostridium difficile, who still has symptoms; they are being ...
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Fears over 'destabilising' C difficile fines to be investigatedGoogle Alerts - Clostridium Difficile

The possibility that fines for C difficile infections will have a â??destabilisingâ?? effect on some hospitals next year is to be investigated by the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Advertise with HSJ, the UK's leading health service ...
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Superbug ward reopens at Inverness hospitalGoogle Alerts - Clostridium Difficile

There have been no new cases of Clostridium difficile in Raigmore Hospital in Inverness since last Friday (January 27). Ward 4C has one patient confirmed with Clostridium difficile who still has symptoms but who is being looked after in isolation. See all stories on this topic »

Strathspey and Badenoch Herald

Tips from the journals of the American Society for MicrobiologyGoogle Alerts - Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus

... and perhaps predicting susceptibility to infection by highly antibiotic resistant bacteria, such as C. difficile or vancomycin resistant Enterococcus, ...

VRE cases don't effect visiting hours at hospitalGoogle Alerts - Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus

The cases of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) were identified on one medical unit (B4) in a screening conducted last week.

Superbug bacteria outbreak at PRHCGoogle Alerts - Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus

The hospital declared the Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) outbreak in its B4 unit last week, but it has been monitoring VRE cases in the area of the ...

Deaths/causes | PUBLIC RECORDS | Nov. 4 to Dec. 27Google Alerts - Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus

24; respiratory arrest, vancomycin resistant enterococcus infection Dunn, William Glen; 8, Princeton, Ind., Dec. 16; coroner â?? laceration of spinal cord, ...

Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci case in Surgical Ward at Tung Wah ...Google Alerts - Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus

He was confirmed as a carrier of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) on December 17. The patient passed away on December 19 at TWH due to his underlying ...

CHP investigates VRE in elderly homesGoogle Alerts - Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus

... for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is investigating cases in which four persons carry Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE). ...

Hand washing crucial at Cobourg hospital due to infectionGoogle Alerts - Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus

Seven confirmed cases of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) have been identified at Northumberland Hills Hospital, said the hospital's communications ...

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) Exposed in New Online VideoGoogle Alerts - Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus

The latest educational video discusses the threat to human health due to the presence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in healthcare environments. ...

Nurses warn of deadly superbugsGoogle Alerts - Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus

VRE, or Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci, does not respond to antibiotics and is a particular risk to cancer and transplant patients and those who have had ...

A View Like No OtherGoogle Alerts - Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, Thursday, December 1, 2011 â?? Seven (7) confirmed cases of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) have been identified on two medical ...

Midwest Hospitals on the Lookout for MDR-ABGoogle Alerts - acinetobacter

The infection control professionals at EC2 provide prevention and testing services to identify Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR-AB) and other pathogens. Woodstock, IL, February 6th, 2012 -- In November of last year, a new study was published in the ...
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Norovirus source of most infections in US hospitalsGoogle Alerts - acinetobacter

Four organisms caused the majority of outbreaks: norovirus, which causes severe gastroenteritis (18.2 percent), Staphylococcus aureus, which causes food poisoning, pneumonia and skin infections (17.5 percent), Acinetobacter spp, a bacterium common in ...
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Norovirus most common source of hospital outbreaksGoogle Alerts - acinetobacter

Four organisms caused almost 60 percent of them: norovirus, 18.2 percent; Staphylococcus aureus, 17.5 percent; Acinetobacter spp, 13.7 percent; ...

Norovirus most common cause of hospital outbreaksGoogle Alerts - acinetobacter

Four organisms caused nearly 60% of the outbreaks: norovirus (18.2%), Staphylococcus aureus (17.5%), Acinetobacter spp (13.7%) and Clostridium difficile ...

Study: Norovirus caused most US hospital infection outbreaks over ...Google Alerts - acinetobacter

... Staphylococcus aureus, or staph, a bacterium that can cause food poisoning, pneumonia and skin infections (17.5 percent), Acinetobacter spp, a bacterium ...

Norovirus caused most US hospital infection outbreaks over 2 yearsGoogle Alerts - acinetobacter

... or staph, a bacterium that can cause food poisoning, pneumonia and skin infections (17.5%), Acinetobacter spp, a bacterium common in hospitals (13.7%), ...

'Cruise-ship virus' most common hospital infection, study saysGoogle Alerts - acinetobacter

Staphylococcus aureus, was a close second causing 17.5 percent of the outbreaks, Acinetobacter spp was responsible for 13.7 percent, and Clostridium ...

Norovirus is the Leading Cause of Outbreaks in U.S. HospitalsGoogle Alerts - acinetobacter

Four organisms caused nearly 60 percent of the outbreaks: norovirus (18.2 percent), Staphylococcus aureus (17.5 percent), Acinetobacter spp (13.7 percent), ...

The Scary Danger of Meat (Even For Those Who Don't Eat It)Google Alerts - acinetobacter

... intestinal bug developing resistance; and resistant Acinetobacter baumannii which has so afflicted US troops in Iraq it has been dubbed "Iraqibacter.

Trius Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Proposed Public Offering of ...Google Alerts - acinetobacter

... Klebsiella, Acinetobacter and Pseudomonas. The Gyras-eB program is one of the three preclinical programs fully supported by federal contracts.