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QuestionChoice
This is incorrect as Fidaxomicin is prescribed as a second-line antibiotic only when Vancomycin has been tried and is ineffective or if there is a relapse in *C.difficile* infection.
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c
200mg Fidaxomicin Orally 2 times a day for 10 days
QuestionChoice
This is incorrect. The *C. diff* needs to be treated with Vancomycin to avoid the spread throughout the rest of the ward and to relieve the patient's symptoms.
10002607
b
Let the patient finish the current course of Co-amoxiclav
QuestionChoice
This is the correct first-line treatment for severe *C.difficile* as per NICE guidelines.
10002606
a
125mg Vancomycin Orally 4 times a day for 10 days
QuestionChoice
This is incorrect. This combination of aggressive antibiotics is generally only given by specialists after both First- and Second-line antibiotics have been ineffective or when there is a life-threatening infection.
10002609
d
500mg Vancomycin orally 4 times a day and 500mg Metronidazole IV 3 times a day both for 10 days
QuestionChoice
This is incorrect as FMT is only recommended in refractory or recurrent *C.diff* infections.
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e
Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT)
Concept
Chapter
2693
4057
Clostridium Difficule
Topic
194
Infectious Diseases
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A 79-year-old female on the respiratory ward who was prescribed Co-amoxiclav for mild hospital-acquired pneumonia has passed five loose, watery stools in the past 24 hours and is pyrexic.

What is the most appropriate management?
a