Saturday, 28 September 2013

Better Use of Antibiotics Could Help Fight the Superbugs

Proper use of antibiotics could help fight the infection Clostridium difficile - the superbug. A team from the University of Leeds, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and Oxford University, mapped all cases of Clostridium difficile (C.diff) in Oxfordshire over a three-year period (2008 to 2011). C. diff causes severe diarrhoea, cramps and sometimes life-threatening complications, and has traditionally been thought to be transmitted within hospitals ...

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