Posted AT 6:52 PM EDT on 27/10/06
Nine dead after C. difficile outbreak in Quebec
MONTREAL — Nine people have died in a Quebec hospital in recent months from what doctors worry is a new and more powerful strain of C. difficile, sparking fears of another deadly outbreak.
Since late July, health officials have identified a total of 22 Clostridium difficile cases at Honore-Mercier Hospital in St-Hyacinthe, about 60 kilometres southeast of Montreal.
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