Dogs trained to detect potentially deadly superbug at B.C. hospitals
C. difficile is the most frequent cause of infectious diarrhea in hospitals and long-term care homes
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C. difficile is the most frequent cause of infectious diarrhea in hospitals and long-term care homes
Arti and Anton are the newest floppy-eared members of a team of dog detectives trained to sniff out adangerous bacterium in British Columbia hospitals, where it can easily spread among
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VANCOUVER - Arti and Anton are the newest floppy-eared members of a team of dog detectives trained to sniff out adangerous bacterium in British Columbia hospitals, where it can easily spread among vulnerable patients.
The pooches can smell the slightest presence of C. difficile, long before it comes across as "overboiled broccoli" to human in the presence of infected patients.