My mom tried to teach us ways to stay healthy, but I got c diff infection. Why is that?
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My mom tried to teach us ways to stay healthy, but I got c diff infection. Why is that?
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Dr. Ralph Morgan Lewis
Family Medicine
In brief: C. difficile
Any antibiotic can potentially upset the balance of "good" bacteria & "bad" ones; clostridium difficile is one of the bad ones; it produces a toxin that causes severe diarrhea.
Other antibiotics are required to get the c. Difficile back under control. Recently, it was reported that long-term use of proton pump inhibitors for gerd may facilitate c. Difficile.
In brief: C. difficile
Any antibiotic can potentially upset the balance of "good" bacteria & "bad" ones; clostridium difficile is one of the bad ones; it produces a toxin that causes severe diarrhea.
Other antibiotics are required to get the c. Difficile back under control. Recently, it was reported that long-term use of proton pump inhibitors for gerd may facilitate c. Difficile.
Dr. Ralph Morgan Lewis
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Dr. Omega Edwards, m.d.
Internal Medicine - Infectious Disease
In brief: Don't Blame Momma
The colons of some earthlings have clostridium difficile strains that secrete excessive amounts of toxin.
In brief: Don't Blame Momma
The colons of some earthlings have clostridium difficile strains that secrete excessive amounts of toxin.
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