A 68-year-old man receiving broad-spectrum antibiotics for pneumonia develops watery diarrhoea and abdominal pain. Stool assay is positive for Clostri...

Question

A 68-year-old man receiving broad-spectrum antibiotics for pneumonia develops watery diarrhoea and abdominal pain. Stool assay is positive for Clostridioides difficile toxin. What is the most appropriate first-line treatment for this initial episode?

Accepted Answer

Oral Vancomycin

Answer

Intravenous Metronidazole

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Stop all antibiotics and provide fluids only

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Loperamide to control diarrhoea

Answer

Oral Ciprofloxacin

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Clostridioides difficile infection

A 68-year-old man receiving broad-spectrum antibiotics for pneumonia develops watery diarrhoea and abdominal pain. Stool assay is positive for Clostridioides difficile toxin. What is the most appropriate first-line treatment for this initial episode?