Question 52 · LEK · Clostridioides difficile infection and pseudomembranous colitis
A 76-year-old female patient complaints of persistent diarrhea. For one year she has been taken lansoprazole at a dose of 30 mg daily due to persistent pyrosis. Recently she has been treated with ciprofloxacin together with probiotics because of urinary tract infection. You should widen diagnostic procedures in order to exclude:
1) celiac disease;
2) SIBO (small intestine bacterial overgrowth);
3) microscopic colitis;
4) Clostridium difficile infection;
5) diverticular disease.
The correct answer is:
2) SIBO (small intestine bacterial overgrowth);
3) microscopic colitis;
4) Clostridium difficile infection;
5) diverticular disease.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,2.
- B. 2,3.
- C. 3,4.
- D. 4,5.
- E. 3,4,5.
Hint
Look for diarrheal conditions linked to two exposures: long-term PPI use and a recent antibiotic course.
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