GuidelineCurrent

IDSA/SHEA 2021 — Focused Update Guidelines on Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Adults

IDSA/SHEA, 2021

Management depends on disease severity and recurrence history; fulminant CDI requires urgent medical therapy plus early surgical assessment when shock, ileus, megacolon, or clinical deterioration is present.

Conditional recommendationModerate certainty

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Clinical Context & Relevant Topics (1)

Disease Reference

Fulminant C. difficile Colitis

Recognition and rescue management of fulminant C. difficile infection with shock, ileus or toxic megacolon.

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