Table 1 Timeline of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection and treatment strategies
Recurrence | Confirmatory positive C. difficile PCR | Treatment |
|---|---|---|
|  | February 10, 2010 | Metronidazole × 7 days |
1 | March 10, 2010 | Metronidazole × 7 days |
2 | April 8, 2010 | Metronidazole × 10 days |
3 | May 20, 2010 | Metronidazole × 10 days |
4 | June 7, 2010 | Orally administered vancomycin × 10 days |
5 | July 3, 2010 | Orally administered vancomycin × 6 weeks with taper |
6 | November 10, 2010 | Orally administered vancomycin × 6 weeks with taper |
7 | December 2, 2010 | |
8 | December 31, 2010 | approached for fecal microbial transplant |
9 | February 21, 2011 | Fecal microbiota transplant February 24, 2011 |
None | All subsequent PCR negative to date (last PCR sent April 2, 2016) | Â |