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C. Difficile Infection in IBD - IBD Algorithm

Background
Complications
CDI Testing Algorithm
CDI Recurrence

Dr. Wade Billings @wabillin

#Clostridioides #difficile #CDiff
Difficile Infection ... Complications CDI Testing ... Algorithm CDI ... Clostridioides #difficile ... #CDiff #CDifficile
CDiff (Clostridium difficile) Testing Compared
Toxin EIA assay, GDH assay, NAAT/PCR 

- Dr. Milana Bogorodskaya https://twitter.com/foamid

#CDifficile #Clostridium
CDiff (Clostridium ... difficile) Testing ... #Clostridium #CDiff ... #Testing #Comparison ... #Table #PCR #EIA
IDSA 2017 CDiff Guidelines - Table 7. Potential Treatment Agents for Treatment of the Primary Clostridium difficile
IDSA 2017 CDiff ... Guidelines - Table ... of the Primary Clostridium ... difficile infection ... #Clostridium #CDifficile
IDSA 2017 CDiff Guidelines - Table 1. Recommendations for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults

#Management
IDSA 2017 CDiff ... Guidelines - Table ... the Treatment of Clostridium ... difficile Infection ... #Management #Clostridium
IDSA 2017 CDiff Guidelines - Table 2. Recommendations for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection in Children

#Management
IDSA 2017 CDiff ... Guidelines - Table ... the Treatment of Clostridium ... difficile Infection ... Peds #Pediatrics #Clostridium
Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections

Epidemiology
Diagnosis
Prevention
Treatment Algorithm
Suppression and Prophylaxis

By Tina Hang, MD @TinaPhamHang via
Clostridioides difficile ... Infections Epidemiology ... Clostridioides #difficile ... #clostridium #cdiff ... #Infections #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Noninflammatory Diarrhea
Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus
Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium,
Causes of Acute ... Infectious Diarrhea ... difficile 2. ... #differential # ... diagnosis #table
Summary of Available Tests for Clostridium difficile Infection, in Decreasing Order of Sensitivity
 • Toxigenic culture
difficile Infection ... difficile vegetative ... moderate, Detects C. difficile ... Low, Detects C. difficile ... #difficile #CDiff
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - Differential ... • Bacterial: Clostridium ... - Invasive: Clostridium ... difficile, Campylobacter ... NonInfectious #Algorithm
Infectious Diarrhea - Laboratory Testing

Clostridium difficile
Salmonella enterica, Shigella spp, Campylobacter spp 
Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and
Infectious Diarrhea ... - Laboratory Testing ... difficile Salmonella ... Diarrhea #diagnosis #differential ... #Laboratory #Testing