C. difficile outbreaks in Gatineau, Sault Ste. Marie

There were 15 cases of this strain of C. difficile at the Santé Service Sociale de Gatineau's Hull hospital campus in April and May, says Denis Saint-Jean, the hospital's director of communications. As of July 5, 3 people remained ill with C. difficile. "Through surveillance by our infection control team, we found out that the strain we have now is the same more strenuous strain that they have in Montréal," Saint-Jean says. "Just to be on the safe side, we now take all our sampling and send it to Montréal, so they can really identify that it's the same strain," says Saint-Jean.