Can C Difficile Come Back?

About one in 6 people who've had C. diff will get infected again in the subsequent 2-8 weeks. This can be a relapse of their original infection, or it can happen when they come in contact with C. diff again.

Can C. diff come back years later?

diff bacteria, spores can still be present. This is why you can get rid of the C. diff symptoms when being treated with medicine, but it can come back later.

What causes Recurrent C. diff?

What are the risk factors for recurrent C. difficile? Risk factors for recurrence of C. difficile include older age (older than 65 years), female sex, Caucasian ethnicity, ongoing antibiotic use, concurrent proton pump inhibitor use, and more severe initial disease.