Question

A 73-year-old woman develops watery diarrhoea 8 times per day with abdominal cramps after a 7-day course of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Stool sample is positive for C. difficile toxin. She is systemically stable with normal creatinine. What is the most appropriate first-line treatment?

Accepted Answer

Oral Vancomycin

Answer

Oral Metronidazole

Answer

Intravenous broad-spectrum antibiotics

Answer

Loperamide only

Answer

No treatment is required

Practice question

A 73-year-old woman develops watery diarrhoea 8 times per day with abdominal cramps after a 7-day course of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Stool sample is positive for C. difficile toxin. She is systemically stable with normal creatinine. What is the most appropriate first-line treatment?