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==Medical Therapy==
==Medical Therapy==


<SMALL><font color="#FF4C4C">'''▸ Click on the following categories to expand treatment regimens.'''</font><ref name="pmid20307191">{{cite journal| author=Cohen SH, Gerding DN, Johnson S, Kelly CP, Loo VG, McDonald LC et al.| title=Clinical practice guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection in adults: 2010 update by the society for healthcare epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the infectious diseases society of America (IDSA). | journal=Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol | year= 2010 | volume= 31 | issue= 5 | pages= 431-55 | pmid=20307191 | doi=10.1086/651706 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20307191  }} </ref><SMALL>
<SMALL><font color="#FF4C4C">'''▸ Click on the following categories to expand treatment regimens.'''</font><ref name="pmid20307191">{{cite journal| author=Cohen SH, Gerding DN, Johnson S, Kelly CP, Loo VG, McDonald LC et al.| title=Clinical practice guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection in adults: 2010 update by the society for healthcare epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the infectious diseases society of America (IDSA). | journal=Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol | year= 2010 | volume= 31 | issue= 5 | pages= 431-55 | pmid=20307191 | doi=10.1086/651706 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20307191 }} </ref> <ref name="pmid23439232">{{cite journal| author=Surawicz CM, Brandt LJ, Binion DG, Ananthakrishnan AN, Curry SR, Gilligan PH et al.| title=Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Clostridium difficile infections. | journal=Am J Gastroenterol | year= 2013 | volume= 108 | issue= 4 | pages= 478-98; quiz 499 | pmid=23439232 | doi=10.1038/ajg.2013.4 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23439232 }} </ref> <SMALL>


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&nbsp;&nbsp;▸&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Severe complicated'''
&nbsp;&nbsp;▸&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Severe complicated'''
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&nbsp;&nbsp;▸&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Adults, Age <50 Years'''
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&nbsp;&nbsp;▸&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Adults, Age >50 Years'''
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&nbsp;&nbsp;▸&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Immunocompromised'''
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&nbsp;&nbsp;▸&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Recurrent'''
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&nbsp;&nbsp;▸&nbsp;&nbsp;'''First recurrence'''
&nbsp;&nbsp;▸&nbsp;&nbsp;'''First recurrence'''
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&nbsp;&nbsp;▸&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Second recurrence'''
&nbsp;&nbsp;▸&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Second recurrence'''
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&nbsp;&nbsp;▸&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Penetrating Trauma'''
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&nbsp;&nbsp;▸&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Basilar Skull Fracture'''
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! style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px; background: #4479BA; border: 0px; font-size: 100%; text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);" align=center | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Severe}}
! style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px; background: #4479BA; border: 0px; font-size: 100%; text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);" align=center | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Severe}}
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| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | '''''Preferred Regimen'''''
| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | '''''Reommended treatment'''''
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 125 mg orally q6h'''''
| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 125 mg orally q6h'''''
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{| style="float: left; cellpadding=0; cellspacing= 0; width: 400px;"
! style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px; background: #4479BA; border: 0px; font-size: 100%; text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);" align=center | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Infants & Children}}
! style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px; background: #4479BA; border: 0px; font-size: 100%; text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);" align=center | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Severe complicated}}
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| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | '''''Preferred Regimen'''''<sup>†</sup>
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 15 mg/kg IV q6h''''' <SMALL>(trough 15—20 μg/mL)</SMALL>
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Cefotaxime]] 75 mg/kg IV q6—8h''''' <BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Ceftriaxone]] 80—100 mg/kg/day IV q12—24h'''''
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| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | '''''Alternative Regimen'''''<sup>†</sup>
| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | '''''Recommended treatment'''''<sup>†</sup>
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 15 mg/kg IV q6h''''' <SMALL>(trough 15—20 μg/mL)</SMALL>
| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 500 mg orally q6h'''''  
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Meropenem]] 40 mg/kg IV q8h'''''
| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Metronidazole]] 500 mg IV q8h'''''
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| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=left | <SMALL><sup>†</sup> Add '''''[[Ampicillin]] 75 mg/kg IV q6h''''' if suspecting ''[[Listeria monocytogenes]]''.</SMALL>
| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=left | <SMALL><sup>†</sup> If '''''[[ileus]]''''' present, add '''''[[Vancomycin]] 500 mg in 100 mL NS per rectum q6h as retention enema'''''.</SMALL>
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{| style="float: left; cellpadding=0; cellspacing= 0; width: 400px;"
! style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px; background: #4479BA; border: 0px; font-size: 100%; text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);" align=center | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Adults, Age <50 Years}}
! style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px; background: #4479BA; border: 0px; font-size: 100%; text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);" align=center | {{fontcolor|#FFF|First recurrence}}
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| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | '''''Preferred Regimen'''''<sup>†</sup>
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 15 mg/kg IV q8—12h''''' <SMALL>(trough 15—20 μg/mL)</SMALL>
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Cefotaxime]] 2 g IV q4—6h'''''<BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Ceftriaxone]] 2 g IV q12h'''''
| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | Recommended treatment'''''
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| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | '''''Alternative Regimen'''''<sup>†</sup>
| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''Same as first episode but stratified by severity'''''  
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 15 mg/kg IV q8—12h''''' <SMALL>(trough 15—20 μg/mL)</SMALL>
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Meropenem]] 2 g IV q8h'''''
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| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=left | <SMALL><sup>†</sup> Add '''''[[Ampicillin]] 2 g IV q4h''''' if suspecting ''[[Listeria monocytogenes]]''.</SMALL>
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{| style="float: left; cellpadding=0; cellspacing= 0; width: 400px;"
{| style="float: left; cellpadding=0; cellspacing= 0; width: 400px;"
! style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px; background: #4479BA; border: 0px; font-size: 100%; text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);" align=center | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Adults, Age >50 Years}}
! style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px; background: #4479BA; border: 0px; font-size: 100%; text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);" align=center | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Second recurrence}}
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| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | '''''Preferred Regimen'''''
| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | '''''Recommended treatment'''''
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 15 mg/kg IV q8—12h''''' <SMALL>(trough 15—20 μg/mL)</SMALL>
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Cefotaxime]] 2 g IV q4—6h'''''<BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Ceftriaxone]] 2 g IV q12h'''''
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Ampicillin]] 2 g IV q4h'''''
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| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | '''''Alternative Regimen'''''
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 15 mg/kg IV q8—12h''''' <SMALL>(trough 15—20 μg/mL)</SMALL>
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Aztreonam]] 2 g IV q6—8h'''''
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[TMP/SMZ]] 5 mg/kg IV q6—12h''''' <SMALL>(TMP component)</SMALL>
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{| style="float: left; cellpadding=0; cellspacing= 0; width: 400px;"
! style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px; background: #4479BA; border: 0px; font-size: 100%; text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);" align=center | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Immunocompromised}}
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| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | '''''Preferred Regimen'''''
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 15 mg/kg IV q8—12h''''' <SMALL>(trough 15—20 μg/mL)</SMALL>
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Cefepime]] 2 g IV q8h'''''<BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Meropenem]] 2 g IV q8h'''''
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Ampicillin]] 2 g IV q4h'''''
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" id="mw-customcollapsible-table07" style="background: #FFFFFF;"
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{| style="float: left; cellpadding=0; cellspacing= 0; width: 400px;"
! style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px; background: #4479BA; border: 0px; font-size: 100%; text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);" align=center | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Recurrent}}
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| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | '''''Preferred Regimen'''''
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 15 mg/kg IV q8—12h''''' <SMALL>(trough 15—20 μg/mL)</SMALL>
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Cefotaxime]] 2 g IV q4—6h'''''<BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Ceftriaxone]] 2 g IV q12h'''''
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{| style="float: left; cellpadding=0; cellspacing= 0; width: 400px;"
! style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px; background: #4479BA; border: 0px; font-size: 100%; text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);" align=center | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Postneurosurgical Infection}}
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| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | '''''Preferred Regimen'''''
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 15 mg/kg IV q8—12h''''' <SMALL>(trough 15—20 μg/mL)</SMALL>
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Cefepime]] 2 g IV q8h'''''<BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Ceftazidime]] 2 g IV q8h'''''<BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Meropenem]] 2 g IV q8h'''''
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| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | '''''Alternative Regimen'''''
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 15 mg/kg IV q8—12h''''' <SMALL>(trough 15—20 μg/mL)</SMALL>
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Aztreonam]] 2 g IV q6—8h'''''<BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Ciprofloxacin]] 400 mg IV q8—12h'''''
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{| style="float: left; cellpadding=0; cellspacing= 0; width: 400px;"
! style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px; background: #4479BA; border: 0px; font-size: 100%; text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);" align=center | {{fontcolor|#FFF|CSF Shunt Infection}}
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| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | '''''Preferred Regimen'''''
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 15 mg/kg IV q8—12h''''' <SMALL>(trough 15—20 μg/mL)</SMALL>
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Cefepime]] 2 g IV q8h'''''<BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Ceftazidime]] 2 g IV q8h'''''<BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Meropenem]] 2 g IV q8h'''''
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| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | '''''Alternative Regimen'''''
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 15 mg/kg IV q8—12h''''' <SMALL>(trough 15—20 μg/mL)</SMALL>
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Aztreonam]] 2 g IV q6—8h'''''<BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Ciprofloxacin]] 400 mg IV q8—12h'''''
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{| style="float: left; cellpadding=0; cellspacing= 0; width: 400px;"
! style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px; background: #4479BA; border: 0px; font-size: 100%; text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);" align=center | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Penetrating Trauma}}
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| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | '''''Preferred Regimen'''''
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 15 mg/kg IV q8—12h''''' <SMALL>(trough 15—20 μg/mL)</SMALL>
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Cefepime]] 2 g IV q8h'''''<BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Ceftazidime]] 2 g IV q8h'''''<BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Meropenem]] 2 g IV q8h'''''
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| style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 90%; background: #F5F5F5;" align=center | '''''Alternative Regimen'''''
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 15 mg/kg IV q8—12h''''' <SMALL>(trough 15—20 μg/mL)</SMALL>
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Aztreonam]] 2 g IV q6—8h'''''<BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Ciprofloxacin]] 400 mg IV q8—12h'''''
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 15 mg/kg IV q8—12h''''' <SMALL>(trough 15—20 μg/mL)</SMALL>
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Cefotaxime]] 2 g IV q4—6h'''''<BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Ceftriaxone]] 2 g IV q12h'''''
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] 15 mg/kg IV q8—12h''''' <SMALL>(trough 15—20 μg/mL)</SMALL>
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | PLUS
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Aztreonam]] 2 g IV q6—8h'''''<BR> OR <BR> ▸ '''''[[Ciprofloxacin]] 400 mg IV q8—12h'''''
| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align=left | ▸ '''''[[Vancomycin]] in tapered and pulsed doses'''''
      125 mg 4 times daily for 14 days
      125 mg 2 times daily for 7 days
      125 mg once daily for 7 days
      125 mg once every 2 days for 8 days (4 doses)
      125 mg once every 3 days for 15 days (5 doses)
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Revision as of 19:20, 29 May 2014

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Guillermo Rodriguez Nava, M.D. [2]

Medical Therapy

▸ Click on the following categories to expand treatment regimens.[1] [2]

Initial episode

  ▸  Mild to moderate

  ▸  Severe

  ▸  Severe complicated

Recurrence

  ▸  First recurrence

  ▸  Second recurrence

Mild to moderate
Recommended treatment
Metronidazole 50 mg orally q8h
If no improvement in 5-7 days
Vancomycin 125 mg orally q6h
Severe
Reommended treatment
Vancomycin 125 mg orally q6h
Severe complicated
Recommended treatment
Vancomycin 500 mg orally q6h
PLUS
Metronidazole 500 mg IV q8h
If ileus present, add Vancomycin 500 mg in 100 mL NS per rectum q6h as retention enema.
First recurrence
Recommended treatment
Same as first episode but stratified by severity
Second recurrence
Recommended treatment
Vancomycin in tapered and pulsed doses
      125 mg 4 times daily for 14 days
      125 mg 2 times daily for 7 days
      125 mg once daily for 7 days
      125 mg once every 2 days for 8 days (4 doses)
      125 mg once every 3 days for 15 days (5 doses)


Emperic therapy

References

  1. Cohen SH, Gerding DN, Johnson S, Kelly CP, Loo VG, McDonald LC; et al. (2010). "Clinical practice guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection in adults: 2010 update by the society for healthcare epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the infectious diseases society of America (IDSA)". Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 31 (5): 431–55. doi:10.1086/651706. PMID 20307191.
  2. Surawicz CM, Brandt LJ, Binion DG, Ananthakrishnan AN, Curry SR, Gilligan PH; et al. (2013). "Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Clostridium difficile infections". Am J Gastroenterol. 108 (4): 478–98, quiz 499. doi:10.1038/ajg.2013.4. PMID 23439232.