A 72% increase in deaths linked to the hospital superbug Clostridium difficile was disclosed yesterday by the Office for National Statistics. It said the infection, which causes severe diarrhoea among patients whose resistance has been weakened by antibiotics, was mentioned on 6,480 death certificates in England and Wales in 2006, compared with 3,757 in 2005.
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C Difficile deaths up by 72 per cent - The Independent 29th February 2008
Clostridium difficile kills ten patients a day - The Telegraph 29th February 2008
Clostridium difficile kills ten patients a day - The Telegraph 29th February 2008
Dramatic rise in C. diff deaths - BBC Health News 28th February 2008
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