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A new study published in BMJ conducted by investigators at two large hospitals in The Netherlands shows that a trained dog was able to detect Clostridium difficile with high estimated sensitivity and specificity, both in stool samples and in hospital patients infected with C. difficile.

Researchers Find Age Not a Factor in Immunity to Viruses

December 14th 2012

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Johns Hopkins Malpractice Study Reveals Surgical 'Never Events' Occur at Least 4,000 Times Annually

Autoimmune Disease: The Viral Route is Confirmed

Study Finds Genetic Variation That Could Help Predict Mortality in Patients Suffering Sepsis

HIV Patients in Care Lose More Years of Life to Smoking Than to HIV Infection

Successful Results Against Leishmaniasis with a More Efficient and Economical Vaccine

Chances Rising for Chikungunya Outbreaks in NYC, Atlanta, Miami

Slide Show: New HIV Infections in the U.S.

WHO and UNICEF Condemn Attacks on Health Workers in Pakistan

Investigators Conduct Meta-Analysis of Antimicrobial CVCs

Scientists are Tracking the Origins of HIV

Antibiotics Based on a New Principle May Defeat MRSA

Method for Making Universal Flu Vaccine is Discovered

No Evidence to Recommend Antibiotics for Joint Replacement Patients Who Undergo Dental Procedures

Medication Errors from Injectable Drugs Harm 1 Million Inpatients Each Year, Study Finds

Medline Suggests Three Key Ways to Protect Yourself Against Influenza

Health Inventures Selects Medline as Exclusive Distribution Partner to ASCs

AAMI to Hold Conference on Medical Device Standards and Regulation

Slide Show: A Primer on Neglected Parasitic Infections

CS Expert with Terminal Illness is Subject of Documentary Film

Dust Plumes Power Intercontinental Microbial Migrations

People with HIV Hospitalized Less Often Since Combination Antiretroviral Drug Therapy Introduced

Surviving Sepsis with LECT2

Researchers Launch Groundbreaking Malaria Research in Myanmar

Achilles' Heel of Pathogenic Bacteria is Discovered

Study Identifies Population of Cells Serving as the Major Reservoir for HIV

FDA Approves Raxibacumab to Treat Inhalational Anthrax

Drug Used to Treat HIV Might Defuse Deadly Staph Infections

Slide Show: Respiratory Etiquette

Dog Trained to Sniff Out Clostridium difficile

Researchers Find Age Not a Factor in Immunity to Viruses

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