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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
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup ... and Management Algorithm ... C. difficile PCR ... #Workup #Management ... #diagnosis #differential
Clostridium Difficile Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

IDAGRAM based on most recent guidelines from @IDSAInfo.

 Infographic by IDagram
@ID_agram

#Clostridium
Clostridium Difficile ... and Management Algorithm ... #Clostridium #Difficile ... #Algorithm #Treatment ... Management #IDSA #CDiff
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 ... twitter.com/foamid #CDifficile ... #Clostridium #CDiff ... #Testing #Comparison
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... C difficile assay ... Ova and parasite testing ... #management #algorithm ... #workup #diagnosis
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Watery/Large Volume (Small Bowel)
 • Viral
 • Bacterial (e.g. C peffrjngens,
Acute Diarrhea - ... Differential Diagnostic ... Algorithm Watery ... E. coli, C difficile ... #Differential #
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea ... - Workup Osmotic ... for C.diff (particularly ... #Workup #diagnosis ... #differential #
Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
Algorithm for the ... before testing ... reduce unnecessary testing ... the much smaller differential ... #Algorithm #Testing
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Approach to Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

Acute Diarrhea (MINT):
 • Medications
 • Infections: Inflammatory
- Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... Algorithm Acute ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Invasive: Clostridium difficile ... #Differential # ... NonInfectious #Algorithm