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Old 11-24-2008, 12:10 PM
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Lightbulb C.difficile

Is typically present in everyone's colon. There are always some
hanging in there, but they are kept down by the beneficial
colonies that help us.

Yours might be the original bug...it might have been there
all along.

In nursing homes, and hospitals, contaminated dishes, or
equipment may spread it. But I don't think it is community acquired outside commonly.
It is not pathogenic unless the patient has been compromised by antibiotic use.

http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com...1Clinical.html

There is a newer more virulent form that is antibiotic resistant being found today.
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