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Clostridium Difficile Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

IDAGRAM based on most recent guidelines from @IDSAInfo.

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#Clostridium
and Management Algorithm ... Clostridium #Difficile #Algorithm ... Diagnosis #Management #IDSA ... #CDiff
ID Ddx: Diarrhea in a transplant recipient
- Bacterial: C.diff, Campy, Salmonella, Aeromonas, E.coli
- Viral: CMV, noro,
ID Ddx: Diarrhea ... recipient - Bacterial: C.diff ... Entamoeba - Non-ID ... febrilepodcast.com] #ID ... #Differential #Ddx
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
immunocompromised, IBD ... Tx Management (IDSA ... /severe CDI IDSA ... ciab549 #CDI #Cdiff ... infectiousdiseases #IDSA
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Algorithm • 40- ... Pearls: • IDA ... differentiate IDA ... modifications Algorithm ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... erysipelas with no focus ... #SSTIs #Algorithm ... infections #cellulitis #idsa
Potential Treatment Agents for Treatment of the Primary Clostridium difficile infection Episode
Proven efficacy:
 • Vancomycin -
Fidaxomicin - 200 mg PO bid ... Nitazoxanide - 500 mg PO bid ... 50 mg IV every bid ... × 10 days #CDiff ... #pharmacology #idsa
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... delta are key to dx ... needs rx first and dx ... always a good idea ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Ulcerative Proctitis
Proctitis:
 • Affects 1/3 patients
 • Predictors of extension:
     - Disease
Infection (CMV, c-Diff ... Alternative Dx: ... IBS, rectal prolapse ... Ulcerative #Proctitis #IBD ... diagnosis #management #algorithm