Five seniors with C. difficile have died at St. Joseph’s Hospital in the last month.

That is nearly one in three of those who got the bacterial infection that causes severe diarrhea.
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C. diff is one of three outbreaks St. Joseph’s Healthcare is currently battling.

Another senior died during the first week of March from invasive Group A streptococcus, which was spreading on the geriatric psychiatry unit at the Centre for Mountain Health Services.

Three wards remain closed to visitors at the downtown hospital as St. Joseph’s tries to contain the Norwalk virus.

Full Article:  Three St. Joe’s patients die of C. diff since April 1

Tags: cdifficile, hai, superbugs

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