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My gi doc said my eosinophil count is 6.8% and gave me 3 months of xifaxin that didn't help. that's only for e coli...what if it's a diff bacteria?
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Rifaximin, also : Called xifaxin, is a nonabsorbable rifamycin antimicrobials using for traveler's diarrhea. I do not have a clue why it would be given for minimal eosinophilia. It is not a common factor in clostridium difficle colitis.
Answered 7/30/2017
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