A 67-year-old is diagnosed with a first episode of nonfulminant C. difficile infection. He is hemodynamically stable. What is the preferred initial th...

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A 67-year-old is diagnosed with a first episode of nonfulminant C. difficile infection. He is hemodynamically stable. What is the preferred initial therapy?

Accepted Answer

Fidaxomicin 200 mg orally twice daily for 10 days

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Metronidazole 500 mg orally three times daily for 10 days

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Vancomycin 125 mg orally four times daily for 10 days

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Rifaximin 550 mg orally twice daily for 10 days

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Loperamide as needed plus probiotics

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): Clostridioides difficile Infection

A 67-year-old is diagnosed with a first episode of nonfulminant C. difficile infection. He is hemodynamically stable. What is the preferred initial therapy?