How long does clostridium difficile infection show sympotms before becomming fatal?
I think it really depends on the general health of the patient. C difficile is generally associated with hospital-related infections, and can be a side effect of certain antibiotic usage (as the organism usually cannot cause disease when it needs to compete with healthy intestinal flora). The disease can be very devastating, but as will most opportunistic infections the prognosis depends a lot on the health of a patient: an individual whom is already weakened by another medical procedure or infection can quickly be overcome by this bacterium. Likewise, as with most bacterial infections there are varying degrees of virulence between each different strain: some strains may produce extra toxins, or other substances that can make it more deadly. however in the case of the woman, that’s a classic example of the negligence and lack of communication that seems to permeate many health fields. A lot of doctors do not communicate well with their laboratory staff (and vice versa) which has tragic
