A 24-year-old man presents with profuse diarrhoea and abdominal cramps after antibiotics. stool positive for C. difficile toxin. Best first-line thera...

Question

A 24-year-old man presents with profuse diarrhoea and abdominal cramps after antibiotics. stool positive for C. difficile toxin. Best first-line therapy (non-severe)?

Accepted Answer

Oral vancomycin

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Metronidazole

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IV vancomycin

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Fidaxomicin first-line for all

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Loperamide

ukmla MCQ (SBA): C. difficile Colitis

A 24-year-old man presents with profuse diarrhoea and abdominal cramps after antibiotics. stool positive for C. difficile toxin. Best first-line therapy (non-severe)?