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Two die in separate outbreaks of C.diff superbug

Two patients have died in Scotland's largest outbreaks of a rare and highly-virulent strain of hospital superbug.

Two patients have died in Scotland's largest outbreaks of a rare and highly-virulent strain of hospital superbug.

Nine people were taken ill in two separate clusters, one in Glasgow and one in Aberdeen, of a form of Clostridium difficile.