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Pseudomembranous colitis Can be transmitted from pt to pt Characteristically causes severe abdominal cramps Charcacteristically have plaques on sigmoidoscopyIs best diagnosed by confirming presence of c. Difficile toxin B in faeces Characteristically causes leukocytosis
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Q Clostridium difficile infection |
It is the commonest diagnosed cause of diarrhoes in a hospitalized ptSevere cases can develop mega colonMicrobiological diagnosis is made by stool toxin detection using PCRMacrolides are the antibiotics most commonly associated with causation of CDIFor treatment IV vancomycin is equally effective as metronidazole
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