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Can you get c-diff again and again?

by barchx38, Apr 09, 2009 08:18AM
I contracted C- diff while in the hospital about a month ago. Was still feeling quite ill so went to ER. No longer have C-diff but found out that the flagyl was making me very sick. I am off the flagyl and am feeling better but I am curious.. If you have c-diff once, Do you get it alot? I am just afraid of the antibiotics now.And with no insurance I cannot afford Vanco..What can I expect?
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by Audarah, Apr 09, 2009 09:19AM
To: barchx38
If the infection is not cleared up, it can come back. You shouldn't take the antibiotic that caused it ever, ever again. My daughter had Cdiff, and got rid of it with one course of flagyl but she is never allowed to take omnicef again which is the antibiotic that caused it. Hope this helps.

by Matthew007, Apr 09, 2009 03:23PM
I agree, the infection can keep coming back..doctors orginally thought I got it from antibiotics and I took flagyl (nasty drug) to fix it.  I've heard if it's not killed completely it can come back or it can come back over and over (and make it more difficult to get rid of when you build up a resistance to it)

good luck :S
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