Gram Positive Rods II

Question 1

A major clinical sign of C. Difficile infection is

Answer 1

Watery Diarrhea

Question 2

Occurs during or up to one month post-antibiotic therapy

-Can present as severe, fulminant colitis with markedly elevated WBC count and sepsis

Answer 2

C. difficile

Question 3

C. difficile is hard to culture because it is VERY sensitive to

Answer 3

Oxygen

Question 4

What is the characteristic of C. difficile on blood agar?

Answer 4

Non-hemolytic rhizoid colonies

Question 5

Is catalase, indole, and urease negative

Answer 5

C. Difficile

Question 6

C. difficile is treated with a judicious use of antibiotics. We can treat with the oral antibiotics

Answer 6

Vancomycin or fidaxomicin