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A DEADLY stomach bug that has killed thousands in North America and Europe is in Melbourne.
A private Melbourne hospital last night confirmed three elderly patients had been infected with the killer strain, and it was likely to be more widespread.
Epworth Hospital executive medical director Megan Robertson said this hypervirulent strain of Clostridium difficile had not been previously detected in Australia.
Re: Clostridium difficile superbug found in Melbourne
A DEADLY stomach bug that has killed thousands of people in North America and Europe is in Australia.
A private hospital in Melbourne last night confirmed three people have been infected and it has probably been transmitted to other patients.
The relatively new, hypervirulent Clostridium difficile bacteria, known as the Quebec strain after it caused the death of 1270 people in the Canadian province in 2003, was responsible for 8324 deaths in Britain in 2007 and in March this year killed 29 people in Copenhagen hospitals.
He said the Quebec strain was resistant to the latest antibiotics and could not be killed by the alcoholic hand washes used in most hospitals. "Because this bug is a spore, alcohol has no effect," he said. "You have to go back to traditional hand washing."
