Question

A 27-year-old man presents with bloody diarrhoea and fever. Stool cultures are pending. He recently started ciprofloxacin for a UTI. Which antibiotic-associated infection should be suspected and promptly treated if confirmed?

Accepted Answer

Clostridioides difficile infection

Answer

Campylobacter jejuni

Answer

Shigella dysenteriae

Answer

EHEC O157\:H7

Answer

Norovirus

Practice question

A 27-year-old man presents with bloody diarrhoea and fever. Stool cultures are pending. He recently started ciprofloxacin for a UTI. Which antibiotic-associated infection should be suspected and promptly treated if confirmed?