Question

A 40-year-old woman with watery diarrhea after recent antibiotics tests positive for C. difficile toxin by NAAT. This is her first episode and she is hemodynamically stable. Preferred treatment?

Accepted Answer

Fidaxomicin 200 mg orally twice daily for 10 days

Answer

Vancomycin 125 mg orally four times daily for 10 days is preferred

Answer

Metronidazole 500 mg orally three times daily for 10 days

Answer

Bezlotoxumab alone as a single infusion

Answer

Rifaximin 400 mg orally three times daily for 10 days

Practice question

A 40-year-old woman with watery diarrhea after recent antibiotics tests positive for C. difficile toxin by NAAT. This is her first episode and she is hemodynamically stable. Preferred treatment?