Disorders of the Colon   

Questions discussed in this category



Do you discontinue the use of certain medications that have been associated with microscopic colitis (ie, PPIs, SSRIs)?

Is there a role for oral vancomycin in these patients, or is oral vancomycin redundant if other routes of administration are being used (i.e intracolo...

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

Would your recommendations change if you were treating a GI primary (e.g. rectal or anal cancer) vs non-GI primary? 


Papers discussed in this category


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

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

The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 1995 Oct

The American journal of gastroenterology, 2021 Jun 01