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Trying to recover from a c. diff infection (Clostridium difficile)

Digestive Health | Last Active: Apr 11 12:22am | Replies (545)
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@pb50

Same thing happened to me - I had diarrhea and stool sample was positive for Yersinia - which my PCP treated with Bactrim - which made it
better and then it got worse again -and that proved to be C-Diff - And Vancomycin cured that. What an ordeal.

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vic83 | @vic83 | Mar 2 10:32am

"Yersiniosis is an infection caused most often by eating raw or undercooked pork contaminated with Yersinia enterocolitica bacteria."
So first you tested positive for Yersiniosis and then later positive for C-diff? What a mess!
Bactrim is considered to have low risk for C-diff.

Google search:
Clindamycin and fluoroquinolones are some of the worst offenders. The list of antibiotics that could cause C.Diff includes:
• cephalosporins
• clindamycin (Cleocin)
• ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
• levofloxacin (Levaquin)
• moxifloxacin (Avalox, Vigamox)
• amoxicillin (Amoxil)
Which antibiotics are less likely to cause C.Diff?:
• azithromycin (Zithromax, Z-Pak)
• clarithromycin (Biaxin)
• doxycycline (Oracea, Vibramycin)
• erythromycin (Eryped)
• fidaxomicin (Dificid)
• minocycline (Minocin, Solodyn)
• metronidazole (Flagyl

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