HWN INTERNATIONAL: A test to predict which patients are most at risk from the Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection has been developed. The "accurate and simple" test could benefit patients, hospitals and health services around the world, scientists and doctors in Devon have said. C. diff is a bacterial infection of the digestive system. In 2011, there were about 2,000 C. diff-related deaths, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The research was carried out by the University of Exeter and the Royal Devon and Exeter (RD&E) NHS Foundation Trust, with the National Institute for Health Research in the South West. In a paper published by BMC Infectious Diseases it said growing concern about the number of C. diff strains resistant to drug therapies meant the findings were exciting. __ SL8.IT for Blackberry
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 21:54:17 +0000
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