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<p>While CRE and other “superbugs” have been much in the headlines of late, <span class="CharOverride-1"><em>Clostridium difficile</em></span> has quietly become one of the most deadly pathogens in the country. Some 500,000 people are being infected annually in the U.S., with 29,000 patients dying within 30 days of the initial diagnosis of a <span class="CharOverride-1"><em>C. diff</em></span> infection (CDI). That is three times the number of people that have died of Ebola since the epic outbreak began in December of 2013.</p>

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