A 55-year-old woman has a positive C. difficile NAAT and 3 watery stools/day, WBC 10K, creatinine 0.9. She is immunocompromised. Best initial therapy?...

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A 55-year-old woman has a positive C. difficile NAAT and 3 watery stools/day, WBC 10K, creatinine 0.9. She is immunocompromised. Best initial therapy?

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Fidaxomicin preferred

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Metronidazole monotherapy

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Fecal microbiota transplant first-line

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No therapy; colonize only

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Oral bacitracin

us-abim MCQ (SBA): C. difficile (Initial)

A 55-year-old woman has a positive C. difficile NAAT and 3 watery stools/day, WBC 10K, creatinine 0.9. She is immunocompromised. Best initial therapy?