C Diff in a 14 year old

My son has been diagnosed with C diff, following a hospitalization. They will start him on antibiotics within a couple of hours (i hope, we are in the hospital again). How long will he have to be on medication before he is normal again? I mean cured completely from this illness?

[CalGal]

Gmister, I'd like to urge you to make sure you consult with an infectious disease person along with whatever docs you're currently dealing with. The unfortunate thing with C. diff is most docs automatically put patients on Flagyl for 10 days and expect the flagyl to work. Unfortuantely, C. diff is getting harder and harder to knock out, and the long-term effects of this problem can be very deleterious to a person's body. In many cases flagyl just isn't knocking the infection out as it used to since there are several strains of C. diff. PLEASE ask a LOT of questions of your doc.

In addition, read through the information presented at www.cdiffsupport.org. The site has a bunch of good information on treatment, etc.