Question

A 71-year-old man on broad-spectrum antibiotics develops watery diarrhoea, abdominal pain and fever. Stool tests are positive for Clostridioides difficile toxin. He has a non-severe episode. What is the most appropriate first-line treatment?

Accepted Answer

Oral Vancomycin

Answer

Intravenous Metronidazole alone

Answer

No specific treatment is needed

Answer

High-dose Loperamide

Answer

Proton pump inhibitor therapy

Practice question

A 71-year-old man on broad-spectrum antibiotics develops watery diarrhoea, abdominal pain and fever. Stool tests are positive for Clostridioides difficile toxin. He has a non-severe episode. What is the most appropriate first-line treatment?