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MediumInfectious DiseasesClostridioides difficile infection (initial episode)ca-mccqe1ca-rcpsc-im

A 46-year-old woman receiving clindamycin for cellulitis develops watery diarrhoea, abdominal cramps and low-grade fever. Stool assay is positive for C. difficile toxin. She is haemodynamically stable, creatinine normal and WBC 10 × 10^9/L. According to Canadian guidelines, what is the most appropriate initial treatment?

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