Question

A 61-year-old hospitalized patient has a first episode of non-fulminant Clostridioides difficile infection (WBC 12,000/µL, creatinine 1.0 mg/dL). Which therapy is preferred?

Accepted Answer

Fidaxomicin 200 mg twice daily for 10 days

Answer

Oral vancomycin 125 mg four times daily for 10 days

Answer

Metronidazole 500 mg three times daily for 10 days

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Bezlotoxumab alone

Answer

Fecal microbiota transplant now

Practice question

A 61-year-old hospitalized patient has a first episode of non-fulminant Clostridioides difficile infection (WBC 12,000/µL, creatinine 1.0 mg/dL). Which therapy is preferred?