mrsa in UK: Children hit by playground superbug - Clostridium difficile as a bonus

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Children hit by playground superbug.

<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article3822582.ece>

A new form of the superbug MRSA attacks its victims, usually children,

with frightening speed, doctors are warning.

London Times, England. 27 April 2008.

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Hospital cleaning 'can help superbug.'

<http://news.scotsman.com/health/Hospital-cleaning-39can-help-superbug39.4024366\

..jp>

The MRSA superbug is capable of building up resistance to disinfectants

and antiseptics being used in hospitals to fight the bacteria, a new

study has found.

Edinburgh Scotsman, Scotland. 27 April 2008.

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C. difficile superbug 'kills one elderly patient every hour in the UK.'

<http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/c-diff\

icile-superbug-kills-one-elderly-patient-every-hour-in-the-uk-ndash-and-thats-a-\

world-record-816302.html>

Ten times as many elderly patients are killed by the hospital superbug

Clostridium difficile in the UK than in any other country, a medical

expert has claimed.

London Independent, England. 27 April 2008.

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UK c.diff deaths 'rising sharply.'

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7361150.stm>

There are 10 times more deaths across the UK from the superbug

clostridium difficile among over 65-year-olds than in any other country

in the world, figures suggest.

BBC, UK. 27 April 2008.

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