A 50-year-old with acute watery diarrhea after antibiotics has leukocytosis 14,500/µL and creatinine 1.0 mg/dL. After 2 days of oral vancomycin, sympt...

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A 50-year-old with acute watery diarrhea after antibiotics has leukocytosis 14,500/µL and creatinine 1.0 mg/dL. After 2 days of oral vancomycin, symptoms persist. What is an evidence-based alternative?

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500/µL

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creatinine 1.0 mg/dL. After 2 days of oral vancomycin

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symptoms persist. What is an evidence-based alternative?

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Switch to fidaxomicin 200 mg PO BID for 10 days

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Add loperamide

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A 50-year-old with acute watery diarrhea after antibiotics has leukocytosis 14,500/µL and creatinine 1.0 mg/dL. After 2 days of oral vancomycin, symptoms persist. What is an evidence-based alternative?