cdiff odor?

1. please describe the smell of cdiff
   is comparable to?
   Is it acid, sweet, spicy?

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3. 
   Dec 28, '17

   Sickingly sweet, similar to baby poop.
4. 
   Dec 28, '17

   I'm hard of smelling, so I depend on what others say:
   CDiff Smell?
5. 
   Dec 28, '17

   You registered for this site to ask about what a certain kind of poop smells like? Really?
   
   Troll much?
6. 
   Dec 28, '17

   lets put it this way: Once you smell it, you won't forget it.
7. 
   Dec 29, '17

   Quote from jodispamodi

   lets put it this way: Once you smell it, you won't forget it.

   That sounds almost like an ad for a perfume or cologne, jodispamodi!
   
   
8. 
   Dec 29, '17

   But the real question is... what does it taste like?
   
   It smells not delicious. Toxic.
9. 
   Dec 29, '17

   Quote from Accolay

   But the real question is... what does it taste like?

   
10. 
    Dec 29, '17

    It is foul. I got it due to taking the antibiotic Clindamycin. I was later prescribed Flagyl to get rid of the Cdiff. I haven't had it since it cleared up. It smells like a garbage can. It didn't get as bad as it can luckily because I knew what it was and sought help early on.
11. 
    Dec 29, '17

    It's a unique stench. The closest comparison I can think of is the smell of rotting, moldy fruit combined with baby poop. It's a sweet smell that sticks inside your nose, you can smell it for awhile after you leave the room it's in. Once you actually smell it, you'll forever more recognize it anywhere.
12. 
    Dec 29, '17

    I have found out recently that C.Diff doesn't necessarily HAVE to have a smell.
    30-something male patient with inflammation throughout entire GI tract -- esophogitis, gastritis, duodenitis, pancreatitis, colitis, etc... And this was not the main presenting problem, which was Etoh withdrawal (hence all the inflammation). Was intubated and sedated for several days and started having copious amounts of liquid stool that was somewhat dark, but what caught my attention was that it was viscous, almost oily in appearance, and it had literally no odor. There were times he'd have 600mL of stool every couple of hours, while his foley output was scant due to compounding renal issues, so you'd be emptying a fairly full bag of stool and still no odor. When the MD ordered a C.Diff test my initial thought was "okay, but it doesn't smell like C.Diff".
    Wanna guess what it was?
13. 
    Dec 29, '17

    I smelled it as soon as I saw this headline.
14. 
    Dec 29, '17

    Is it terrible that I really want to smell it now? As a NICU nurse I've never actually smelled it, and I'm feeling a little left out. Recognizing *the smell* is like a nursing rite of passage.

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