Spectrum: Local Antimicrobial Stewardship, for UCLA Health

CDI

  •  STOP OR STREAMLINE ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE

  • Oral therapy must be used whenever possible as the efficacy of IV metronidazole is poorly established for CDI and there is no efficacy of IV vancomycin for CDI.

Treatment

Oral Vancomycin

Recurrent Disease

Vancomycin Taper Regimen

Diagnosis

Management

Infection Control

References

  •  Diagnosis of CDI: Clin Infect Dis 2008; 46:S12-8.

  •  Treatment of CDI: Clin Infect Dis 2008; 46:S32-42.

  •  Lack of utility of treating CDI carriers: Ann Intern Med 1992; 117:297-302.

  •  Colectomy in CDI: Ann Surg 2007; 245:267-72.