Deadly Bug Cases Soar in Midlands

Birmingham Post › July 29, 2006

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Hospitals in the West Midlands are losing the battle against an infection which can kill older patients.

Recorded cases of a virulent stomach bug have shot up at hospitals across the region.

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Deadly Bug Cases Soar in Midlands

The infection, clostridium difficile, can be kept in check through basic hygiene but new figures published by the Health Protection Agency showed it was a growing ...

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