There has been a spike in the number of C. difficile cases at Dartmouth General Hospital, according to a representative for Capital Health. John Gillis says there have been four cases of the bacteria in the same patient unit since May.
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C. Difficile — or Clostridium difficile — causes diarrhea, high fever and abdominal pain, and is spread from person to person.
Two patients with C. difficile are still being treated at the hospital. As a precaution, the hospital has introduced enhanced cleaning and extra monitoring, says Gillis. The unit is still accepting visitors, but they asked not to visit other areas of the hospital.
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