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  1. RN with relapsing cdiff

    RNinPGH posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    Despite my best handwashing efforts, gowning and gloving, I got cdiff. Three months ago. I just relapsed. It has been a complete nightmare. I can't return to work. I can't eat. I'm in pain, I...

  2. RN with relapsing cdiff

    RNinPGH replied to RNinPGH's topic in Infectious Disease

    Thanks for the tips. More nurses need to be aware that its not just 'watery diarrhea', this is so painful, and it stays with you for a LONG LONG time. I had a horrible bout of otitis media and was on...

  3. RN with relapsing cdiff

    RNinPGH replied to RNinPGH's topic in Infectious Disease

    I thought it was known that IV vanc doesn't cross into the gut, thats why its primarily INEFFECTIVE against cdiff? That is what ALL the literature I have read to date has stated. The PO vanc (which...

  4. RN with relapsing cdiff

    RNinPGH replied to RNinPGH's topic in Infectious Disease

    Supposedly one round of flagyl was supposed to cure me...but 5 days into the flagyl treatment, I became violently ill and required hospitalization. I went on vancomycin for a month, 250mg QID, test...