General Internal Medicine

Disorders of the Colon

Questions discussed in this category

Do you recommend, based on current evidence, avoiding antimotility agents in patients with non-fulminant C. difficile infection who have no evidence of ileus?

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Under what circumstances would you recommend early fecal microbiota transplantation over antibiotic treatment or bezlotoxumab in a patient with recurrent C. difficile infection?

1 Answer available

What is your approach to working up diarrhea in an immunocompromised patient?

1 Answer available

When would you consider a workup for C. diff in a patient with diarrhea under-going concurrent chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer?

If the patient is outpatient and coming into clinic each day, at what point would you initiate a C. diff workup?

1 Answer available

How do you manage dyschezia and tenesmus following TNT with short course RT?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2018 Mar 19

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children: 2017 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).

Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes, 2020 Nov 05

Are Antimotility Agents Safe for Use in Infections? Results From an Observational Study in Malignant Hematology Patients.

The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 1995 Oct

Diarrhoea caused by Clostridium difficile: response time for treatment with metronidazole and vancomycin.

The American journal of gastroenterology, 2021 Jun 01

ACG Clinical Guidelines: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections.

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