What Are the Treatments for C Difficile Colitis?
Clostridium difficile is a strain of bacteria that can overgrow and cause a potentially severe infection in the large intestine. When antibiotics are used to fight infection elsewhere in the body, they sometimes have the side effect of killing off good bacteria residing in the colon that maintain a healthy environment. Then the Clostridium difficile can multiply rapidly, causing severe diarrhea and other symptoms, especially in people who are elderly or chronically ill.
