Potential Treatment Agents for Treatment of the Primary Clostridium difficile infection Episode Proven efficacy: • Vancomycin - 125 mg PO qid × 10 days • Fidaxomicin - 200 mg PO bid × 10 days • Metronidazole - 500 mg PO tid × 10 days Probable efficacy: • Nitazoxanide - 500 mg PO bid × 10 days • Fusidic acid - 250 mg PO tid × 10 days Inadequate data to support efficacy: • Rifaximin - 400 mg PO tid × 10 days • Tigecycline - 50 mg IV every bid × 10 days • Bacitracin - 25000 units PO qid × 10 days #CDiff #ClostridiumDifficile #options #treatment #management #pharmacology #idsa #table
