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Clostridium Difficile (c. diff) Overview #Diagnosis #Management #Clostridium #CDifficile #Overview #FOAMCast
Clostridium Difficile ... (c. diff) Overview ... #Clostridium #CDifficile ... #Overview #FOAMCast
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 ... Clostridioides #difficile ... #CDiff #CDifficile
Anti-C. Difficile - Antibiotics Class Overview
 1. Metronidazole – (see anti-anaerobe section above for more details).
Difficile - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... mild-moderate C.difficile ... therapy for severe C.diff ... Antibiotics #Review #Overview
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
IDSA 2017 CDiff Guidelines - Table 2. Recommendations for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection in Children

#Management
IDSA 2017 CDiff ... of Clostridium difficile ... #Management #Peds ... #Clostridium #CDifficile
Summary of Available Tests for Clostridium difficile Infection, in Decreasing Order of Sensitivity
 • Toxigenic culture
for Clostridium difficile ... Detects Clostridium difficile ... Low, Detects C. difficile ... #CDiff #laboratory ... #diagnosis #testing
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
certain foods or meds ... A/P, Consider testing ... celiac and/or testing ... for C.diff (particularly ... Workup #diagnosis #differential
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Microbiologic-Testing ... C. difficile PCR ... Microbiologic-Testing ... overgrowth If above testing ... Transplant #diagnosis #differential
Infectious Diarrhea - Laboratory Testing

Clostridium difficile
Salmonella enterica, Shigella spp, Campylobacter spp 
Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and
Diarrhea - Laboratory Testing ... Clostridium difficile ... Diarrhea #diagnosis #differential ... #Laboratory #Testing
Anatomic Features Associated With Difficult Airways in Children
 • Impingement on airway lumen
 • Cervical spine
Associated With Difficult ... EBmedicine #Difficult ... Airways #Children #peds ... anatomy #anesthesia #differential