Posted AT 12:01 AM EST on 04/07/08
C. difficile possible factor in 463 Ontario hospital deaths
HAMILTON — At least 460 patients infected with the lethal C. difficile bacterium have died in Ontario hospitals over the past 30 months, newspaper reports suggests.
A tally by the Hamilton Spectator shows that 463 infected patients died at just 22 of Ontario's 157 hospitals. The deaths occurred between January, 2006, and May, 2008.
New figures compiled by the newspaper show C.
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