A patient who has been receiving clindamycin for 10 days develops profuse diarrhea and abdominal pain and has a temperature of 101.2° F. The nurse suspects that the patient has an infection caused by C. difficile
The nurse would expect the prescriber to order
a. penicillin G.
b. vancomycin (Vancocin).
c. tetracycline (Sumycin).
d. azithromycin (Zithromax).
ANS: B
Vancomycin or Flagyl should be ordered for a patient with an infection caused by Clostridium difficile (C. difficile).
Penicillin, tetracycline, and azithromycin are not indicated for the treatment of C. difficile infection.
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