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Why didn't I recognize that I had it? I knew what it was, the symptoms, the treatment etc. The only reasons I can think of: all of the patients I saw with a c. diff. infection were elderly, very sick patients. Not healthy 27 year olds.
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www.cdiffsupport.com/lisa.html
www.cdiffsupport.com/lisa.html
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Surfing the Web, I stumbled upon a professional chat room in which a nurse had asked for information about Clostridium difficile, the spore-forming, anaerobic bacillus that causes most cases of antibiotic-associated diarrhea.1 The response she received from a colleague was that "C diff," as it's nicknamed,
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rn.modernmedicine.com/rnweb/article/articleDetail.jsp?i...
rn.modernmedicine.com/rnweb/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=114135
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This case involves an elderly, institutionalized woman with a two-day history of bloody diarrhea, associated fevers, mild dehydration and a recent C. difficile colitis. The differential diagnosis of bloody diarrhea, as in this case, is limited to causes of colitis.
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www.cmellc.com/geriatrictimes/g031220.html
www.cmellc.com/geriatrictimes/g031220.html
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To assess the mortality due to C difficile colitis in elderly people we looked at the outcome in 57 controls matched for age and sex who had been treated in ...
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www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/312/7033/778/a
www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/312/7033/778/a
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A DEVOTED elderly couple held hands in hospital as both died from same superbug ... Lionel and Rose ... held hands as they died from C.diff ... A DEVOTED elderly couple held hands in hospital as they were both killed by the same superbug.
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www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article395782.ece
www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article395782.ece
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People in good health usually don’t get C. difficile disease. People who have other illnesses or conditions requiring prolonged use of antibiotics and the elderly are at greater risk of acquiring this disease.
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www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/id_CdiffFAQ_general.html
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/id_CdiffFAQ_general.html
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What are C. difficile diseases? ... Simor AE, Bradley SF, Strausbaugh LJ, Crossley K, Nicolle LE. SHEA Position Paper: Clostridium difficile in long-term-care facilities for the elderly. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2002;23:696–703.
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www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/id_CdiffFAQ_HCP.html
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/id_CdiffFAQ_HCP.html
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found that C. difficile associated colitis occurred more often in older adults (older than 60 years) than in younger adults, and this difference did not appear to be due to greater exposure to antibiotics.7 The increased risk of acquiring C. difficile infection in the elderly may be due to age-related changes in fecal flora,
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www.shea-online.org/Assets/files/position_papers/SHEA_C...
www.shea-online.org/Assets/files/position_papers/SHEA_Cdiff.pdf
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Patients who have been treated with broad spectrum antibiotics (those that affect a wide range of bacteria, including intestinal bacteria) are at greatest risk of C. difficile disease. Most of those affected are elderly patients with serious underlying illnesses.
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www.dh.gov.uk/en/publichealth/healthprotection/healthca...
www.dh.gov.uk/en/publichealth/healthprotection/healthcareacquiredinfection/healthcareacquiredgeneralinformation/DH_4115800
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