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A 72-year-old woman develops watery diarrhoea 6 times daily with abdominal cramps after a 10-day course of clindamycin. She is febrile and has a raised white cell count. Stool toxin assay is positive for Clostridioides difficile. She is haemodynamically stable. What is the most appropriate first-line therapy?

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