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standard treatment  is vancomyin 125mg 4x a day for ten days or fidaxomicin 200mg, 2x a day for 10 days

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- always practice good health hygiene ( soap and warm water))
- regularly clean hard surfaces
- avoid unneeded use of antibiotics

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Clostridium difficile (C. diff)

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-older population ( 65 and older)

- those with a weakened immune system

-antibiotic use

-nursing home/ hospital stay

-previous history of C. diff

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frequent  loose , watery stools that lasts for several days (more than 10x a day)

Fever

Stomach tenderness or pain

Loss of appetite

Nausea

elevated Heart rate

dehydration

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It leads to a A serious inflammation of the colon .