Clostridium Difficile (Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea) Risk Factors, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Vložit
- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- Clostridium (Clostridioides) Difficile (“Antibiotic -Associated Diarrhea”) | Risk Factors, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Clostridium (Clostridioides) Difficile (or “C. Diff”) is a gram positive bacteria that is an important cause of non-inflammatory acute diarrhea. C. difficile infections are more likely in patients who have recently taken certain antibiotics, in patients who have recently been hospitalized and in the elderly. C. difficile also causes a variety of signs and symptoms and complications (including fulminant colitis and toxic megacolon). The diagnosis of C. difficile occurs by stool culture, stool PCR and other methods and the treatment involves antibiotics including metronidazole and vancomycin.
I hope you find this lesson helpful. If you do, please like and subscribe for more lessons like this one!
JJ
**MEDICAL LEGAL DISCLAIMER**: JJ Medicine does not provide medical advice, and the information available on this channel does not offer a diagnosis or advice regarding treatment. Information presented in these lessons is for educational purposes ONLY, and information presented here is not to be used as an alternative to a healthcare professional’s diagnosis and treatment of any person/animal. Only a physician or other licensed healthcare professional are able to determine the requirement for medical assistance to be given to a patient. Please seek the advice of your physician or other licensed healthcare provider if you have any questions regarding a medical condition.
*AFFILIATE DISCLAIMER: This CZcams Channel uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from associated sales.
IMAGE DISCLAIMER: The content (ex. images) used in this lesson are used in accordance with Fair Use laws and are intended for educational/teaching purposes only
Subscribe for more free medical lessons / @jjmedicine
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For books and more information on these topics
www.amazon.com/shop/jjmedicine
Support future lessons and lectures ➜ / jjmedicine
Check out the best tool to help grow your CZcams channel (it’s helped me!)
www.tubebuddy.com/jjmedicine
Follow me on Twitter! ➜ / jj_medicine
Come join me on Facebook! ➜ / jj-medicine-1006426481...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check Out Some of My Other Lessons
Medical Terminology - The Basics - Lesson 1:
• Medical Terminology - ...
Infectious Disease Playlist
• Infectious Diseases
Dermatology Playlist
• Dermatology
Pharmacology Playlist
• Pharmacology
Hematology Playlist
• Hematology
Rheumatology Playlist
• Rheumatology
Endocrinology Playlist
• Endocrinology
Nephrology Playlist
• Nephrology
Fatty Acid Synthesis Pathway:
• Fatty Acid Synthesis P...
Wnt/B Catenin Signaling Pathway:
• Wnt/β-Catenin Signalin...
Upper vs. Lower Motor Neuron Lesions:
• Upper and Lower Motor ...
Lesson on the Purine Synthesis and Salvage Pathway:
• Purine Synthesis and S...
Gastrulation | Formation of Germ Layers:
• Gastrulation | Formati...
Introductory lesson on Autophagy (Macroautophagy):
• Autophagy | Macroautop...
I had cdiff for 8 months. Nearly didnt make it. Was making plans to leave. Was misdiagnosed and given augmentin that I didnt need in the first place! Iam furious @ this Dr that put me on Augmentin! I went to the ER 15 times before I was admitted. Lost 44 lbs malnurished and about lost my mind to this monster! Was gaslite by ER doctors, humiliated, bounced around, misdiagnosed Dr would say stomach bug- to get rid of me. I finally found a GI Doctor that saved my life and didnt give up on me. What saved me was Deficid along w an infusion that goes along with it and a probiotic called VSL #3 which is a perscription w 112.12 billion cultures that also help fight the CDIFF. Plzzzzz try to avoid antibiotics if at all possible and if you have to be on one start taking a probiotic right away w it ( i was never told to take a probiotic) dont give up keep fighting and be your own advocate. God bless those that currently have cdiff now, and those that lost the battle from that horrible horrible moster of a disease
Wonderful presentation. Thank you!
Enjoyable and informative presentation. My concern with standard care of C. Difficile is the following:
1) Nasogastric feeding can cause hyperosmolar diarrhea so it places patients at risk of a false diagnosis.
2) Metronidazole causes cancer in rodents. What kind of cancer is not mentioned, even in the required FDA label information. An example of censorship in the medical literature, and as you might expect from any cancer causing agent, there is a birth defects risk
thank you for the effort to provide with such a comprehensive review.
My 92 year old mother has had Cdif infection many many times.
She is given antibiotics for UTI.
She has chronic yeast infection on her skin.
She has been MRSA positive.
She has had many staph infections.
Chronic cycle of antibiotics then diarrhea then other infections then more antibiotics!....
The nursing home does not seem to have an understanding of how to properly treat Cdif or how contagious and serious it can be.
Is she alive?
That’s abuse. Screw that nursing home.
I've had C-diff. my aunt got it in a nursing home and that's where I got it. She died, I survived barely. The problem now is what can you take for infection? Sounds like she could have yeast overgrowth also. Poor lady, I understand the pain.
@@phyllisharrell174
She passed in April from sepsis.
The nursing home failed to investigate her complaints of UTI in a timely manner.
As her children, we tried so hard to monitor her care.
Very helpful thank you very much !
Helpful💜
Excellent way of representation love from Pakistan
Apko bhi howa tha
Very good, thanks . My uncle died recently because of Clostridium
So sorry for your loss
My sincere condolences. But,... why don't U use this sad contretemps and knowledge to your serendipitous advantage, for lack of a better word? Look at Seres therapeutics stock, MCRB. They have an anti C. Diff. drug and a PDUFA date with potential FDA approval on April 26th.
If approved, your uncle's passing will prove your serendipity to make a lot of money from your knowledge of this medical condition.
I'm talking from experience: had a family member who ages ago fell victim to his peanuts allergy. It proved serendipitous in hindsight, for the thorough first hand knowledge made me invest in Aimmune who had developped an anti peanut allergy treatment and who eventually got bought out by Nestlé Health. Incidentally, said Aimmune is now in collaboration & co development with Seres therapeutics of this anti C diff treatment.
My condolences again to your bereavement.
amazing
This is my 4th C. Deff colitis and my symptoms were send straight from hell. Most of my symptoms were on the complicated list in fact I was so out of it mentally I didn't know where I was, I was falling asleep sitting in the waiting room falling off my chair, rocking back and forth, couldn't articulate my words to explain my symptoms to the triage nurse. I thought was I going to die, I'm 42 healthy, had routine surgery got 2 large abscesses the treating Dr used one of the antibiotics named here in strong doses bc he didn't want to lance and drain it. I was so sick I felt like I was poisoned.
Oh my god! Well i’m glad you made it out alive. I’m dealing with a similar thing, I got a skin infection which turned into an abscess on my torso which freaked me out and now i’m on antibiotics so i’m worried about how it will affect my gut flora. I really don’t want to get sick from
this
@@grimreefer213 if you’re taking clindamycin you have a very good chance of getting c. Diff. I’d stop taking it before a disaster happens and ask for a different one with less risk of c. Diff developing and then taking over your gut flora like a freight train.
My aunt, 76, was given an antibiotic which caused it. She is in hospital right now, her fourth relapse. The smell was something to be believed. I've been disinfecting everything! If she wasn't taking Sutherlandia Frutescens, Fulvic acid and discontinuing her big pharma drugs, I don't think she would have made it. I'm so grateful to God she hasn't died. But, I'm taking her to Cape Town to have a fecal matter transplant soon. We also use a product called Rawbiotics. It's made here in South Africa. I've ordered vit D, as well, to build her immunity.
To avoid recurrent you can have fmt
@@grimreefer213are you ok now
I had this in April…. The hospital acted like they had NO idea how I got this .. They treated me , like I was a gross patient.. I originally came in for a UTI … I went in 6 times to emergency room & admitted 3 times, in isolation.. I’m 53, I almost lost my job & was behind on my bills, bc disability didn’t pay me until a month after being off work.. my job gives private disability… on top of that.. that doctors were very tight with giving me doctors notes to be off work… I had colitis & c.diff … the pain was horrible & ulcerative…. I couldn’t go diaherra in the hospital for 2 weeks in the hospital… this was in Kaiser Los Angeles… smh
I was diagnosed last week! May I ask how you are doing?
I went in for an uti as well I can’t hold my food
Very informative video.
My husband got c diff in a Denver hospital then passed on at home at 55 from c diff
I'm so sorry for your loss. It's a brutal disease and so difficult to recover from.
I’m so sorry for your loss may he Rest In Peace
Thank you for sharing what could be life saving information for someone else during this time of pain and separation. May YHWH/Jesus bless you & keep you.
At 55, wow that is sad. Sounds like an awful way to go, i’m sorry to hear that
I am so sorry. May I ask which hospital? I have c. Diff and am wondering if I contracted it somewhere or if it was from clindamycin. I’m sure the clindamycin didn’t help matters but I’m going through hell right now, spending hours and hours in the bathroom. It’s not sustainable and I’m starting an antibiotic tomorrow
I currently have this. just waiting for the doctor to prescribe me some meds
What's reason and treatment
Ask for Deficid its better then any other one and take a probiotic w high doses of cultures. Like vsl#3
When my mother was in the hospital with a bladder infection I noticed nearly every patients door had a yellow tag warning of infectious desease My mother then got C- diff twice. The majority of C-DIFF recepients are women. Ask yourself why? Because women are more prone to bladder infections due to poop in the vaginal area. This is the bacteria that causes bladder infections. C-DIFF is a byproduct of trying to get rid of the infection. Here in California we now give probiotics to patients receiving IV antibiotics and I am here to witness that the doors are no longer covered with yellow tags and people are living through their VI antibiotic treatment s and going home. I'm fact SNF's are nearly empty because people here are no longer being sent to SNF's for hospital after care for C-diff.
Can vitamin d and supporting guy acidity help treat this infection ? 😊
No
I have ibs
My mom died very recently and i am convinced that this was the cause. Everything points to a "C Diff" infection. They said she had Sepsis. How is Sepsis different from C Diff ?
I have had C-diff twice, after spine surgery #4 & #5. You get diarrhea that looked like green grass. I also died 2 times after spine #4.
If I am correct Sepsis is blood poisoning & C-diff is a bacterial infection. I survived C-diff. Horrible pain where I thought I was not going to make it for 4 months. My doctor gets the credit for not giving up on me.
@@doeidaho2101 hello praise God you are well . Who was yr doctor are u from Idaho?
I’m sorry for your loss
I am 61, got bit by a Dog twice . 7 months apart. The antibiotics killed my good bacteria and toxin A& Toxin B attacked me both times.
August 2022 is when I was recovering. They don't test for toxin A Toxin B again if diarrhea has stopped. My first test was solid fecal which tested positive. The first round the ER had to take a CT scan to make sure that I did not have diverticulitis along with CDIFF. That was negative in March. Now In November 2022 I have inflammation of the sigmoid intestine with mild diverticulitis, extremely painful. No blockage they said but since November 22, 2022 I would be lucky to have cleared 5 cups of fecal matter. Now with no cysts, no pus, just inflammation the Dr. Has me on 1500 metronidazole and 1000 Cipro ciproflox N , the pharmacist said that for sure the ciproflox will definitely give me CDIFF again. Plus Cipro can destroy the archillis tendon. Spelt wrong I am so tired and in so much pain. The doc says no over the counter pain pills , no narcotics. Just clear liquid. Antibiotics for 10 days plus polyethylene glycol to get more of my already loose stuff out. I just need anti inflammatory cure so stuff can heal and work properly. Is what I think . If I follow Drs above advice I think I will die or be crippled or a colonoscopy,or even an autoimmune disease at some time
JJ, why in the world did you gloss over fidaxomicin by spending literally 3 seconds just saying its name when it’s the FIRST LINE METHOD OF TREATMENT for 1st time occurrence & cuts the rate of recurrence drastically?
There’s new guidelines for c. Diff that came out a couple years ago, telling doctors to do fidaxomicin before any other antibiotic.
Cost is greater, yes, but insurance companies are now waking up to the fact that multiple rounds of antibiotics & hospitalizations cost way more than treating it the first time with the best antibiotic there is for c. Diff.
Fidaxomin is crap. And so is vancomycin it only makes worse and prolongs cdiff. I know I a severe case for 8 mos. Deficid along w the infusion that goes along w it works better then any of it. Iam a witness
Why give antibiotics if they cause an infection?
Because we must "trust the science". It's a money racket.
Because med schools are run by pharma…follow the money
Aw man, my doctor recommended me antibiotics for my paronychia treatment and I just experienced bloody stool.
Paronychia of the foot can be topically disinfected and bandaged daily by a podiatrist without antibiotics.
I got cdiff. Take a pro biotic day before last antibiotic pill
L Reuteri probiotic and saccharomyces Boulardii (yeast)... take both of these while on antibiotics and after antibiotics.
I had a bad C. Diff infection that went septic and almost killed me. My doctor was a genius. He caught it quickly after his partner misdiagnosed me.
I might have this
I been on and off taking amoxicillin for a sinus infection and had diarrhea for 4 months now been feeling so sick and the doctors can’t figure out what’s wrong
@@JareedSandrocdiff
MANGEZ DES YAOURTS DES VRAIS!!!!!!!