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IDSA Recommendations for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults
Source: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix1085

#Management #Clostridium #CDifficile #IDSA2017 #Guidelines
IDSA Recommendations ... difficile Infection ... in Adults Source ... #CDifficile #IDSA2017 ... #Guidelines #Adults
IDSA 2017 CDiff Guidelines - Table 1. Recommendations for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults

#Management
IDSA 2017 CDiff ... the Treatment of Clostridium ... difficile Infection ... in Adults #Management ... #Clostridium #CDifficile
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - ... Differential Diagnosis ... difficile, Campylobacter ... #Differential # ... NonInfectious #Algorithm
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 #
Infectious Diarrhea - Laboratory Testing

Clostridium difficile
Salmonella enterica, Shigella spp, Campylobacter spp 
Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and
Infectious Diarrhea ... Laboratory Testing Clostridium ... difficile Salmonella ... Cytomegalovirus #Infectious ... #differential #
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile ... Infection (CDI) ... ABx) → Acute Diarrhea ... Clostridioides #Difficile ... #Clostridium #Infection
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
IDSA Recommendations ... against travelers’ diarrhea ... Therapy for Treating Clostridium ... difficile Infection ... Enteric #Bacterial #IDSA
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
Suggestive of Infectious ... Vibrio species, Clostridium ... difficile • Severe ... of Clostridium ... #differential #
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
lymphoma, carcinoid, infectious ... syndrome Chronic infections ... Bacterial: Clostridium ... difficile, Mycobacterium ... #Causes #Differential