How Would You Manage This Patient With <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> Infection? : Grand Rounds Discussion From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Abstract

The Infectious Diseases Society of America/Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and the American College of Gastroenterology recently released updated guidelines on management of patients with <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> infection. Although these 2 guidelines generally agree, there are a few important differences in their advice to clinicians. In these rounds, 2 experts, an infectious diseases specialist and a gastroenterologist, discuss antibiotic treatment options for nonsevere disease, the role of fecal microbiota transplantation for fulminant disease, and the use of bezlotoxumab to prevent recurrence in the context of Ms. C, a 48-year-old woman with fulminant <i>C difficile</i> infection.