APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

ANATOMY

GENITO URINARY AND ADRENAL

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Responsible for antibiotic-associated diarrhea:
A
Clostridium botulinum
B
Clostridium difficile
C
Clostridium tetani
D
Campylobacter jejuni
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The antibiotics most commonly implicated in C. difficile colitis are clindamycin, fluoroquinolones, penicillin, and cephalosporin.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most cases of C. diff occur when you’ve been taking antibiotics or not long after you’ve finished taking antibiotics. There are other risk factors: Being 65 or older. Recent stay at a hospital or nursing home.

Detailed explanation-3: -C difficile is a gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming bacillus that is responsible for the development of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and colitis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Clostridium Difficile (C. Difficile) is widely known to be responsible for approximately 10 20% of cases of AAD and almost all cases of pseudomembranous colitis4-7).

Detailed explanation-5: -Clindamycin. Cephalosporins. Penicillins. Fluoroquinolones. 27-Aug-2021

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