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Physicians with the Beacon Center for Infectious Diseases – specialists in diagnosing and treating infections – discuss a common health care associated infection called Clostridium difficile or “C. diff.”
C. diff can be a serious infection that causes symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening inflammation of the colon. It’s linked to an estimated 14,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. The infection most commonly affects people staying in a hospital or long-term health care facility and usually occurs after the use of antibiotics.
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Clostridioides difficile (also known as Clostridium difficile or C. diff) is an infection caused by a type
of bacteria that make substances (toxins) that harm the gut. C. diff most often occurs in people who are on antibiotics or have been taking them recently. It is also common in patients who have been in a hospital or long-term care facility for some time. People ages 65 and older are at increased risk, as well.
Learn more at https://gastro.org/practice-guidance/gi-patient-center/topic/clostridium-difficile-c-diff/.
This program was supported by an independent educational grant from Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Samantha Taghva, Hospitalist / Internal Medicine at Baptist Health South Florida, says symptoms of C. Diff would commonly be fever, bad abdominal cramping and constant diarrhea that is non remitting. Most patients need to be hospitalized, because it is a severe illness.
C. Diff can affect you kidneys and other organs. She explains the treatment consist of taking vancomycin orally. This illness is contagious, so you need to wash your hands with soap and water if you were near to a patient with C. Diff.
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Today, we have a 76 year old female with a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and type 2 diabetes. She presents with diarrhea, fatigue, and abdominal discomfort x 2 days. She’s had 12 watery bowel movements in the last 24 hours.
She was treated medically (ceftriaxone and cefpodoxime) for cholecystitis 1 week prior.
She has a past surgical history of appendectomy 30 years prior and lysis of adhesions 10 years prior.
Her physical exam is unremarkable.
Today, we’ll review this patients cause for diarrhea/abdominal pain. We’ll discuss the differential, workup, and treatment.
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