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"Sniffer dogs have been able to detect superbugs in hospitals. Dutch researchers have suggested that trained dogs can sniff out infections in the air surrounding patients&amp;#039; beds and in their stools. The researchers hope that the dogs can be used to screen wards for Clostridium difficile, the most commonly diagnosed bacterial cause of infectious hospital-acquired diarrhoea in developed countries. A 2-year-old male beagle called Cliff tested 50 infected stool samples and 50 normal samples. The dog completed the task in just 10 minutes, correctly identified all 50 positive samples and 47 out of 50 negative samples. The researchers said: &amp;quot;The dog&amp;#039;s diagnostic accuracy with stool samples suggests that immediate identification of C.difficile is possible. &amp;quot;For the purposes of detection, the dog did not need a stool sample or physical contact with patients. It would seem dogs can detect C.difficile in the air surrounding patients.&amp;quot; The study was published in the online journal bmj.com, where it was noted there are some limitations and that using a dog for diagnosis is not &amp;quot;fully predictable&amp;quot;. Studies are still in the early stages, but the results already show new possibilities in medical treatment.  &amp;gt; Woman caught smuggling cocaine in breasts &amp;gt; Woman injured during sex on work trip sues employer "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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