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Eight deaths linked to superbug outbreak in Ireland

 |  By HealthLeaders Media Staff  
   August 07, 2008

A recent outbreak of the C difficile bug has claimed the lives of eight more patients in Northern Ireland, bringing the total number of deaths to 60. According to healthcare leaders there, a side effect of various powerful antibiotics is an increased rate of C diff infection.

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