Dear Doctor: Should people take probiotics after antibiotics, especially if they have C. diff?

I read your recent column about a person who was refusing antibiotics due to a fear of a Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) ...
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I got C. diff from antibiotics. I had diarrhea for 13 days and had to bleach the bathroom after using it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images When I took antibiotics for a sinus infection, I began feeling weak and feverish, with diarrhea. I went to the ER and ...
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Younger patients vulnerable to symptoms 2 years after C. diff infection

Nonelderly patients are at risk for gastrointestinal symptoms for up to two years after Clostridium difficile infection, a study published in PLOS ONE found. The researchers retrospectively examined ...
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Study: Many patients change their behaviors after suffering repeated bouts of C. diff infections

After suffering repeated bouts of debilitating Clostridium difficile infections, many patients significantly change their behaviors, but some precautions may do little to prevent future infections, ...
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Targeting a dangerous gut infection: Studies reveal how C. diff behaves inside the body

Affecting roughly half a million Americans each year, bacterial infections caused by Clostridioides difficile—commonly known as C. diff—are a serious and persistent problem for patients and hospitals ...
Poughkeepsie Journal

Beacon High School to reopen Thursday, after closing Wednesday for C. diff bacteria

Beacon High School will reopen on Thursday, after the school was closed Wednesday for cleanup of C. diff bacteria. The Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health confirmed a case ...
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I got C. diff from antibiotics. I had diarrhea for 13 days and had to bleach the bathroom after using it.

When I took antibiotics for a sinus infection, I began feeling weak and feverish, with diarrhea. I went to the ER and learned I had Clostridioides difficile, an infection in the large intestine. The ...