Three more deaths linked to C. difficile
Posted Jul 8, 2011 04:24:24 PM.
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Three more deaths have been linked to C. difficile infections in Ontario as eight hospitals continue efforts to contain outbreaks of the infection.
Niagara Region health officials say two patients in St. Catharines and one in Niagara-on-the-Lake died Thursday night.
The bacterial disease, which causes severe diarrhea, has now been tied to 20 deaths since late May.
Dr. Sue Matthews of the Niagara Health System says the hospital in Niagara-on-the-Lake has not declared an outbreak of C. difficile.
Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for the minister of health says the outbreaks have ended at two other hospitals, one in Toronto and the other in Hamilton.
Earlier in the week, 10 hospitals were reporting C. difficile outbreaks.
