Hello, I am very concerned that I may have cdiff. Here is my history, almost 6 weeks ago my 2 dogs got in a fight and I was accidentally bitten and developed cellulitis
was on my leg and is now healing well, unfortunately I went through several anitbiotics for this infection. These included kelfex, cipro, rosephin, bactrim and clindamycin. I went through so many because I was allergic to a couple and also ended up on steroids for 2 weeks. About 6 days after being off all the antiobiotics I started developing stomach & abdominal cramping along with diarrhea about 5 times a day. Well after a couple days of this I went to ER over the weekend because my cramping was getting pretty bad and I was concerned since my antibiotic info said to check in with doc if such symptoms developed. ER doc said he was concerned about cdiff, gave me a script for flagyl just in case, said to get a stool sample in and check in with my doc in a couple days. Well after a couple days on flagly my diarrhea improved and my cramping was going away. Unfortunatley I devoped thrush from the flagyl and was getting pretty bad headaches from on it. On the 5th day of taking it I got very dizzy and weak & went back to ER. I was dehydrated and potassium was kinda low, so they gave me both & also told me to quit flagyl because of the side effects was having & to wait on test results from stool sample. I actually brought sample in that night and it was left sitting out for a hour or two even I kept asking if it shouldn't be sent to lab. Well that test came back negative for cdiff, but my regular doc thought it might be wrong because I was on flagyl at the time & sample was left sitting out. So I sent in another sample (was off flagyl for 4 days at this point) & after a couple days it too was negative, it has been a week now since this and my regalur doc is working on a referral to a GI doc. She doens't think this is cdiff since 2nd test was negative, but I am concerned because I am very weak, still fighting diarrhea 4-5 times a day, stomach cramping, some nausea and have lost 12-13 pounds in a couple weeks. I just feel like I am not getting better, have even went to ER a couple times to get fluids because of dehydration - a couple of the docs there said this could still be cdiff because the tests are somtimes wrong. I did have a ct scan of abdomen with contrast and it was ok, also none of my blood tets has shown an elevated wbc
. I'm just very worried that this is cdiff despite negative culture test and I am not getting the treatment I need, I don't want this to get serious if it is. I am going to talk with my doc again tomorrow and see what she thinks & what the status is of the GI referral. Any advice?