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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 ... #CDifficile #IDSA2017
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 ... #CDifficile #IDSA2017
Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Noninflammatory Diarrhea
Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus
Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium,
Causes of Acute Infectious ... Bacillus cereus, Clostridium ... difficile 2. ... Causes #Acute #Infectious ... differential #diagnosis #table
Infectious Diarrhea - Laboratory Testing

Clostridium difficile
Salmonella enterica, Shigella spp, Campylobacter spp 
Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and
Infectious Diarrhea ... - Laboratory Testing ... difficile Salmonella ... Cytomegalovirus #Infectious ... differential #Laboratory #Testing
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
Bacterial Enteric Infections ... against travelers’ diarrhea ... Clostridium difficile ... Infection (CDI) ... opportunistic #infections
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Difficile Infection ... ABx) → Acute Diarrhea ... #1 nosocomial infection ... ciab549 #CDI #Cdiff ... #Clostridium #Infection
Summary of Available Tests for Clostridium difficile Infection, in Decreasing Order of Sensitivity
 • Toxigenic culture
Available Tests for Clostridium ... difficile Infection ... Spec Low, Detects Clostridium ... #difficile #CDiff ... laboratory #diagnosis #testing
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
Suggestive of Infectious ... and parasitic infections ... of Clostridium ... hours in 40% if infections ... bowel syndrome #Infectious
Potential Treatment Agents for Treatment of the Primary Clostridium difficile infection Episode
Proven efficacy:
 • Vancomycin -
of the Primary Clostridium ... difficile infection ... × 10 days #CDiff ... #pharmacology #idsa ... #table