A 36-year-old woman with watery diarrhea and abdominal cramping 3 days after starting amoxicillin returns a positive NAAT for C. difficile. She is sta...

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A 36-year-old woman with watery diarrhea and abdominal cramping 3 days after starting amoxicillin returns a positive NAAT for C. difficile. She is stable and this is her first episode. Which therapy is preferred?

Accepted Answer

Fidaxomicin 200 mg orally twice daily for 10 days

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Vancomycin 125 mg orally QID for 10 days is preferred first-line

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Metronidazole 500 mg orally TID

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Probiotics alone

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Fecal microbiota transplant now

clostridioides difficile infection—initial MCQ (SBA): Clostridioides difficile infection

A 36-year-old woman with watery diarrhea and abdominal cramping 3 days after starting amoxicillin returns a positive NAAT for C. difficile. She is stable and this is her first episode. Which therapy is preferred?