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You can get a false negative result for C. diff when on (or recently on) antibiotics, but I wouldn’t assume one way or the other. It’s most commonly treated with vancomycin, but can sometimes be very hard to get rid of. Very persistent cases are treated with fecal transplant.

Other antibiotics for pouchitis include rifaximin (Xifaxan), Tindamax, Augmentin, and a few others. If antibiotics don’t do the trick then biologic medications like Remicade, Humira, and Entyvio can be used.

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