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Clostridium Difficile Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

IDAGRAM based on most recent guidelines from @IDSAInfo.

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Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections

Epidemiology
Diagnosis
Prevention
Treatment Algorithm
Suppression and Prophylaxis

By Tina Hang, MD @TinaPhamHang via
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Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Watery/Large Volume (Small Bowel)
 • Viral
 • Bacterial (e.g. C peffrjngens,
Acute Diarrhea - Differential ... Diagnostic Algorithm ... Volume (Small Bowel ... Urgency (Large Bowel ... E. coli, C difficile
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - Differential ... • Bacterial: Clostridium ... difficile, Campylobacter ... Acute #Diarrhea #Differential ... NonInfectious #Algorithm
IBD Mimics
Infectious - Always RULE OUT infection (CMV, C. diff esp.) obtain travel & exposures history:
infection (CMV, C. diff ... Salmonella • Colon: C. difficile ... IBS (irritable bowel ... #inflammatroy #bowel ... mimics #mimickers #differential
Causes of Toxic Megacolon - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's colitis
Toxic Megacolon - Differential ... • Inflammatory Bowel ... • Infection: Clostridium ... difficile, Amoebic ... Toxic #Megacolon #Differential
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
Small bowel mucosal ... Irritable bowel ... Bacterial: Clostridium ... difficile, Mycobacterium ... Diarrhea #Causes #Differential
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
Vibrio species, Clostridium ... difficile • Severe ... - Ingestion of Clostridium ... postinfectious irritable bowel ... Diarrhea #diagnosis #differential