A stool sample test confirmed the diagnosis of C. dif. Shortly before Christmas 2011, I was prescribed Clindamycin before a tooth extraction. I was later told by two doctors that this was not medically necessary. Within a few days, I started having diarrhea which cleared up for several days, and then returned with a vengeance. I was in the bathroom 15 to 20 times a day, with some bleeding and mucous. I take vitamins on a regular basis and started loading up on the C and D, both said to be good for the immune system. There was very slow, slight improvement. When I finally went to my doctor in mid January, she ordered a stool sample and that was when the diagnosis of C. dif was made. I was immediately started on a ten-day course of Flagyl which made me feel much worse than the C. dif. I knew I had to stick with it after reading about all the horrible things that could happen with C. dif. After a second stool test, I was pronounced well, but things were not quite right. I don't know how to describe my issues, but I was "off". After a little over three months, I read about SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII in this blog and immediately started taking it. Within about a week, I could see a difference. I have now been taking it for about three weeks and feel I am back to normal. A big "Thank You" to all those who posted information on this probiotic that I had never heard of.

Well, you fail to inform in any of this that C-Diff has a FOUL smelling watery/yellow stool. It can also be mucous filled. My 1 year old is in the hospital going on a week for having C-Diff. His stool was tested, rectal specimen, and has had several blood tests run.

I have Crohn's disease and thought I was experiencing a flare. My symptoms were stomach pain, loose stool, and headaches. I had the upper and lower GI and tested pos for C diff. I just started flagyl. Background: I have had numerous infections related to my teeth and finally had surgery on my upper jaw in June to remove infection from the bone...I have probably had 6 rounds of antibiotics over the past year including clindamycin and ceflex. I guess the last round did me in.

From a stool sample I had taken in hospital and routine blood tests they identified a protein marker in my blood that was supposed to be at 5 but it was up to 200 which c diff can cause. I was originally in for a head injury so they assumed I had meningitis or a spinal brain inflammation/infection but thankfully it wasn't. I was quarantined in the acute ward with red flags everywhere and people in full protective gear this stuff is contagious so if you know someone who has it stay away from them as it is particularly difficult to get rid of.

I got C-Diff in 1982 from being overdosed with Ampicillin, following the passing of a large kidney stone. I was sick for three months, until a stool specimen helped my doctors diagnose the problem. Questran (cholestryamine) resolved the situation in about two weeks. I could have strangled the internal medicine physician who prescribed an antibiotic for post renal lithiasis. In my opinion, there was no need for it, and doctors agreed with me. The daily dosage was huge, and I took it for two weeks straight. I should have followed my instincts and saved myself a lot of time, money, and pain and suffering.

I had two bouts of severe intestinal spasms, diarrhea, and vomiting and a fever of 103 degrees. The second session I had a fever, severe spasms, dry heaves. After a few hours I started passing nothing but blood and clots rectally. I was transported to the hospital. When I advised them I had been on numerous antibiotics since the fall. They immediately started the administration of IV flagyl and Vancocin. I was on the liquid in the hospital but I am on pills since returning home. I have the ringing in the ears but I am afraid to stop it due to relapse. I was advised it is the only treatment for C Diff.