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C. difficile hits Sherbrooke, Que., hospital: 100 deaths Page 1 NEWS 436 JAMC • 31 AOÛT 2004;
171 (5) Doctors at a Sherbrooke, Que., hospital have lost 100 patients in the last 18 months to …

Phase 2: Benchmarks to accountability Quebec strain of C. difficile in 7 provinces Page 1 CMAJ
• February 28, 2006 • 174(5) | 607 News Currently, NB medical students studying in French and …

Recent emergence of a virulent strain of Clostridium difficile demonstrates the importance of
tracking C. difficile incidence locally. Our survey of New Jersey hospitals documented …

Quebecers will have to wait until at least February 2005 to find out whether Montréal
hospitals facing an outbreak of Clostridium difficile cases in the past 18 months have …

The Quebec government has struck an expert committee to assess the extent of a
Clostridium difficile outbreak affecting hospitals in the province and to recommend infection …

OBJECTIVES: Increased incidence of Clostridium difficile infection and deaths from US
hospitals has occurred from 1996 to 2005. METHODS: We examined C. difficile-related …

Reported mortality rates from Clostridium difficile disease in the United States increased
from 5.7 per million population in 1999 to 23.7 per million in 2004. Increased rates may be …

England's Health Secretary launched a national inquiry June 14 into an outbreak of
Clostridium difficile that has killed at least 25 patients and infected 565 more at 2 hospitals …

An examination of 5113 cases indicated a death rate, on average, of 8%, or 409 people. C.
difficile was the principal cause of death in 3.2% of the cases and a contributive cause in the …