Hart Nat Hentoff David Horowitz Arianna Huffington Marianne Jennings Michael Kelly Mort Kondracke Ch. This bacterium produces severe diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever, sometimes progressing to blood in the stool and dehydration. Most patients return to normal within one or two weeks after the antibiotic is stopped. All that they require are a light diet and anti-diarrhea medicine, such as Pepto Bismol or Immodium. In severe cases, however, patients may need intravenous fluids and drug therapy, such as Flagyl or Vancomycin.
Uneventful recovery is the rule.
Some patients hardly know they're sick and dismiss the symptoms as flu. Other patients, however, can become quite ill with hepatitis. Experts do not understand the reason why some patients develop liver inflammation while others do not. The disease is diagnosed by blood tests and tissue cultures. In people with immune deficiencies, CMV may lead to pneumonia, heart inflammation, brain infection and kidney failure, resulting in death.