A 29-year-old with persistent watery diarrhea after antibiotics tests positive for C. difficile. It is his second recurrence after initial treatment. ...

Question

A 29-year-old with persistent watery diarrhea after antibiotics tests positive for C. difficile. It is his second recurrence after initial treatment. Which evidence-based option should be considered?

Accepted Answer

Fecal microbiota-based therapy after appropriate antibiotic course

Answer

Repeat metronidazole monotherapy

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No further treatment; spontaneous resolution expected

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Stop all antibiotics and observe

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High-dose loperamide alone

hard MCQ (SBA): Clostridioides difficile Infection

A 29-year-old with persistent watery diarrhea after antibiotics tests positive for C. difficile. It is his second recurrence after initial treatment. Which evidence-based option should be considered?