A 25-year-old man presents with bloody diarrhoea and abdominal pain after recent antibiotics. Stool tests negative for C. difficile. Colonoscopy shows...

Question

A 25-year-old man presents with bloody diarrhoea and abdominal pain after recent antibiotics. Stool tests negative for C. difficile. Colonoscopy shows pseudomembranes. Next step?

Accepted Answer

Repeat C. difficile testing and treat empirically

Answer

Treat as ischaemic colitis

Answer

Treat for CMV

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No treatment

Answer

Start steroids

mrcp part 1 MCQ (SBA): Pseudomembranous colitis

A 25-year-old man presents with bloody diarrhoea and abdominal pain after recent antibiotics. Stool tests negative for C. difficile. Colonoscopy shows pseudomembranes. Next step?