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British microbiologist quits over hospital’s approach to C. difficile
Infection Control Monitor, June 10, 2005
An infection control professional at a British hospital resigned last week over an employer's reluctance to control a recent deadly outbreak of Clostridium difficile, reports United Press International.
Paul Gillette, a consultant microbiologist at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital, argued that the facility did not take serious a Clostridium difficile outbreak which caused 12 deaths and infected more than 300 others.
Clostridium difficile, which is a "superbug" that causes diarrhea and more serious intestinal conditions such as colitis, first appeared 18 months ago. It killed 934 people in 2003. An estimated three million people are infected with Clostridium difficile each year in the United States.
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