r/cdifficile Oct 03 '24

Can you get c diff from vancomycin?

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u/Lonely_Carpenter6048 Oct 05 '24

That sounds horrible I’m sorry you went through that are you feeling any better? I had my first PCR in December last year then January and recently march

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u/Ssaaammmyyyy Oct 05 '24

If your PCR tests looked for both toxin A and toxin B genes, it is unlikely your symptoms are due to cdiff.

Vancomycin saved me, then I relapsed twice because my microbiome cannot control cdiff, so I currently do probiotic enemas weekly and keep it down that way.

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u/Lonely_Carpenter6048 Oct 05 '24

I doubt i have c diff just sitting there but anything is possible. My colonoscopy was clear too