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One of the most common health care-associated infections spreads within intensive care units (ICUs) more than three times more than previously thought, new research has found.

The highly contagious Clostridium difficil spreads more than three times as much within intensive care unit environments as ...

Research has found that C. difficile, one of the most common and contagious hospital-acquired infections, spreads more than ...