The infection is usually sorted out at the hospital with antibiotics but is highly contatious.
2006-08-23 22:03:46 · 14 answers · asked by Hayles 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
it's called clostridium...i know i'm a nurse
2006-08-23 22:14:02 · answer #1 · answered by luvaduck 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Pseudomembranous colitis caused by an overgrowth of the organism Clostridium dificille can result after broad spectrum antibiotic use kills off much of the rest of the normal flora in the intestines. It causes severe diarrhea. It is not, however, highly contagious to others around. That is the only part of your description that does not fit with this diagnosis.
In order to treat it, usually the patient is put in the hospital on intravenous Vancomycin if they can tolerate that medication.
2006-08-24 01:01:08 · answer #2 · answered by finaldx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C Diff....and easily treated with 'Flagyl' antibiotic. This infection is usually caused when you are taking antibiotics. The antibiotics get rid of the good bugs in the gut as well as the bad. Then C Diff easily takes over.More common than you think!
2006-08-23 22:12:53 · answer #3 · answered by leighmurphyuk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Staph infection?
2006-08-23 22:08:46 · answer #4 · answered by ★Fetal☆ ★And ☆ ★Weeping☆ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enterococcus faecium is another superbug found in hospitals. Penicillin-Resistant Enterococcus was seen in 1983, Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) in 1987, and Linezolid-Resistant Enterococcus (LRE) in the late 1990s
2006-08-23 22:47:38 · answer #5 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My wife got it really badly after a recent op at our local hospital.
It's not MRSA, but I cannot remember the name of it !
She had a course of antibiotics, but it took 3 weeks to go !
2006-08-23 22:13:27 · answer #6 · answered by stdaveuk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clotridium Diffisal...usually after an operation you are put on antibiotics which can cause this
2006-08-23 22:18:23 · answer #7 · answered by sky 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Septicemia
2006-08-24 01:14:54 · answer #8 · answered by Knackers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like C-diff, or clostridium diffocile.
2006-08-23 22:59:23 · answer #9 · answered by nurseTINA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it is staph infection.
2006-08-24 00:34:39 · answer #10 · answered by ~*á?¦Kileaá?¦*~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called the gittemshittin' shot.
2006-08-23 22:20:12 · answer #11 · answered by MaqAtak 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋