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Said to have tainted syringes with his own blood

Updated: Friday, 21 Dec 2012, 3:32 PM CST
Published : Friday, 21 Dec 2012, 3:32 PM CST

The Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Five more people have been diagnosed with the same strain of hepatitis C a former traveling hospital worker is accused of spreading through tainted needles. The total is now 44 in four states.

David Kwiatkowski is charged with stealing painkillers from New Hampshire's Exeter Hospital and replacing them with saline-filled syringes tainted with his own blood.

Thirty-two New Hampshire patients have tested for the same strain of the liver-destroying disease he carries. A dozen other cases have emerged in states where he previously worked. He remains jailed in New Hampshire.

Maryland health officials announced four new cases Friday from Johns Hopkins Hospital. There also is one case from the Baltimore VA Medical Center, six cases in Kansas and one at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pennsylvania.

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Hep C cases linked to NH hospital worker rise

Said to have tainted syringes with his own blood

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