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* 1. High-risk patient populations for C. difficile infection include all of the following except:

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* 2. Risk factors for CDI recurrence include all of the following except:

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* 3. For a patient with multiply recurrent episodes of CDI, the IDSA/SHEA guidelines recommend any of the following treatments except:

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* 4. A 64-year-old woman was hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia and developed an initial episode of C. difficile infection. She was successfully treated with a 10-day course of vancomycin 125 mg given 4 times daily. She returns to the hospital 3 weeks after discharge after experiencing severe abdominal pain and 8 episodes of diarrhea in the past 24 hours. Laboratory testing supports a CDI diagnosis. According to the latest IDSA/SHEA guidelines, appropriate treatment can include any of the following except:

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* 5. Clinical trials demonstrate that, compared to vancomycin, the use of fidaxomicin in the treatment of CDI resulted in significantly:

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* 6. In addition to standard of care antimicrobial therapy, which of the following would most likely reduce the risk of readmission in a patient with CDI and at high risk of recurrence?

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