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Can cdiff lower your platets and hemoglobans?
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No: C. Difficile colitis frequently causes a marked increase in white blood cell count. Your hemoglobin would only drop if you had associated GI bleeding. Low platelets are not associated with c.Difficile colitis.
Answered 6/10/2014
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