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“Among frail, elderly patients, C. diff can be fatal in approximately 5-10%. Some patients with severe C. diff end up losing their colon and have a permanent bag on their side to catch bodily waste, via a procedure known as an ileostomy.”

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“Some studies have reported C. diff in food purchased in a supermarket. Dogs, horses, pigs, and rabbits can also be carriers of C. diff, although spread of disease from pets or domestic animals to humans has yet to be documented. Like most infections, it is usually impossible to pinpoint the source of C. diff.”

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“Testing stools for C. diff in patients after they have finished their Flagyl or Vanco for 10 days and after their bowel movements have returned to normal (that is, formed and not watery) is a waste of time and money, and is not helpful to the doctor or patient.”

Disease Hospital Antibiotics Nursing Home Infectious Diseases Ibs Intestinal Cdiff Gastrointenstinal C Diff Clostridium Difficile

Author:J. Thomas LaMont

“C. diff can sometimes be life-threatening, even in healthy young adults.”

Disease Hospital Antibiotics Nursing Home Infectious Diseases Ibs Intestinal Cdiff Gastrointenstinal C Diff Clostridium Difficile

Author:J. Thomas LaMont

“Once C. diff leaves the colon of the infected patient in a liquid stool, it usually converts to a spore that is like a seed that lies dormant in the hospital until it gets picked up by a suitable human host. Once swallowed, C. diff germinates (hatches) in the bowel and starts a new cycle of infection.”

Disease Hospital Antibiotics Nursing Home Infectious Diseases Ibs Intestinal Cdiff Gastrointenstinal C Diff Clostridium Difficile

Author:J. Thomas LaMont

“The idea behind a stool transplant is to “reseed the lawn,” so to speak. After exposure to weeks or months of antibiotics (including Vanco) the normal bowel flora — the organisms in your colon that help prevent infection — is weakened. They simply can’t keep C. diff out. In other words, the normal barrier function of the colonic flora is gone, and C. diff gets right back in. So putting in some normal flora from a healthy donor is like reseeding the lawn — it restores the barrier. When that happens, C. diff cannot get back in, and the infection is cured.”

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“Human error leads to viral terror in this Covid-19 Pandemic. That is, infection rate has become more due to man made mistakes.”

Infectious Diseases

Book:Cholera

Source: Cholera

“Cleanliness is one of the parameters to eradicate infection.”

Infectious Diseases

Book:Cholera

Source: Cholera

“I look back at James one last time, and he gives me his signature smile, wide and cocky. but it's not real. Sometimes I think it's never real. James is the best at hiding his pain, disgusing the feelings. He knows what it takes to stay out of the Program. He'll keep us safe. He promised.”

Suzanne Young The Program

Book:The Program

Source: The Program

“But when it comes to Michael Realm, I might be a little murderous. But just a little." He pinches his fingers together.”

James Realm Suzanne Young The Program Sloane Barstow

Book:The Program

Source: The Program

“You don’t matter, Dallas,” he says seriously. “You don’t matter the way she does and you know it. I love her. And that’s all I’m going to say about it.”

Suzanne Young The Treatment

Book:The Treatment

Source: The Treatment

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