Outbreak: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)

Facility: Cornwall Community Hospital
Facility Type: Hospital (Acute Care)
Unit/Floor/Area: 2600 POD
Location: #Cornwall #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #EOHU0018

Date: 2026-03-27

Public Health Unit: Eastern Ontario Health Unit
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObEOHU

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#CDiff #CDifficile #CDI

Another step in understanding #Cdiff lyfe cycle and pathogenicity, from Aimee Shen's lab. Congratulations to all involved!

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Outbreak: C. Difficile (#CDiff)
Facility: Belleville General Hospital
Facility Type: Hospital (Acute Care)
Unit/Floor/Area: Sills 3
Location: #Belleville #Ontario
Date: 2025-12-19

Public Health Unit: Southeast Public Health
Facility Tracking Hash: #SEPH0041
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObSEPH

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Great work, beautiful structures and really interesting new insights into #Cdiff toxin inhibition. Congratulations to all! #microsky

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Practice identifying classic bacterial infections with this interactive drag-and-drop exercise. Learn to associate clinical features like black eschar, food poisoning, infant botulism, antibiotic-associated diarrhea, gas gangrene, and tetanus with their respective pathogens.

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Yesterday session on #Clostridia #phages and surfaces was brilliant, with personal highlights being Dr Anna Barwinska-Sendra's work on diversification of #Cdiff #S-layers, Louis-Charles Fortier's talk on how phage/S-layer specificity and Lea Huet's work in PSII S-layer anchoring. #clostpath14
Mechanistic insights on #Efaecalis effects in #Cdiff motility by @ashleyweiss.bsky.social #clostpath14
Great overview of #Cdiff and #Cperf infections in Latin America from Marina Munoz Diaz kick starts the #microbiota session #clostpath14
Wonderful start of day 2 with Maja Rupnik highlighting the importance of environmental, particularly soil for #Cdiff transmission. #clostpath14 #microsky
Interested in #Cdiff #BugSlayers #sporulation and interdisciplinary research combining #microbiology #structuralbiology and #biochemistry? Please get in touch about possibilities to join us in #Salgadolab. #microSky

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