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Samples to be sniffed at for whiff of C diff

A DEVICE that sniffs out stomach bugs by analysing the smell of patients' faeces could save the NHS millions.

The OdoReader – developed by Chris Probert from the University of Bristol and Norman Ratcliffe from the University of the West of England – can rapidly diagnose Clostridium difficile, by "reading" the odour of stool samples.


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