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I am a 42 year old female - married with 3 children. I live in a little town in northwestern Pennsylvania. I contracted the c diff. bacteria from clindamycin HCL 150 caps which I was prescribed to take from my dentist for having 2 root canals done and the infection ... On July 13, 1998, the first signs of cramping started.
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www.cdiffsupport.com/jean.html
www.cdiffsupport.com/jean.html
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If C-diff is a normal GI flora, why does it make people sick? ... C-diff usually is not harmful in the patients that have it in their GI tract. However, under certain circumstances, C-diff can grow out of control in the GI tract. This overgrowth of C-diff produces toxins within the GI tract that result ... Signs & Symptoms...
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aids.about.com/od/otherconditions/a/cdiff.htm
aids.about.com/od/otherconditions/a/cdiff.htm
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"My wife picked up c. diff. while in the hospital for pneumonia. It's a long story, but she had 3 bouts of it. It's been 28 days since her last vancomycin capsule and so far so good. ... Your Guide to Symptoms & Signs: Pinpoint Your Pain...
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www.medicinenet.com/clostridium_difficile_colitis/artic...
www.medicinenet.com/clostridium_difficile_colitis/article.htm
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How bad is C. diff? ... Why are C. diff cases rising so rapidly? ... Can you get C. diff from food?
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www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8991...
www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=89910
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Some people who have C. difficile never become sick, though they can still spread the infection. C. difficile illness usually develops during or shortly after a course of antibiotics. But signs and symptoms may not appear for weeks or even months afterward.
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www.mayoclinic.com/health/c-difficile/DS00736/DSECTION=...
www.mayoclinic.com/health/c-difficile/DS00736/DSECTION=symptoms
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C. difficile — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment and causes of Clostridium difficile infection. ... Clostridium difficile, often called C. difficile or "C. diff," is a bacterium that can cause symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening inflammation of the colon.
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www.mayoclinic.com/health/c-difficile/DS00736
www.mayoclinic.com/health/c-difficile/DS00736
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Moderate colitis - malaise, RLQ/LLQ abdominal pain and cramping, anorexia, nausea, dehydration, low-grade fever, mild leukocytosis, and profuse watery diarrhea with 5-15 watery stools/day. C. Diff toxin positive.
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intmedweb.wfubmc.edu/blurbs/gi/clostridium.html
intmedweb.wfubmc.edu/blurbs/gi/clostridium.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?id=114135
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Clostridium difficile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Clostridium difficile (Greek kloster (κλωστήρ), spindle, and Latin difficile , difficult), also known as "CDF/cdf", or "C. diff", is a species of Gram-positive bacteria of the genus Clostridiu...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridium_difficile
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