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Watch what you touch: A bad germ gets worse

Health & Fitness – C. diff has long been a common, usually benign bug associated with simple, easily treated diarrhea in older patients in hospitals and nursing homes. About 3 percent of healthy adults harbor the bacteria with no problem. But overuse of antibiotics has allowed the germ to develop resistance in recent years, doctors said, creating the toxic new type t

Tags: C. Diff, Germ, Bacteria, Antibiotics

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