A patient has had multiple recurrences of Clostridium difficile colitis and has been treated with several courses of metronidazole and vancomycin. As soon as the antibiotics are discontinued, however, symptoms recur.

Which of the following treatments should be recommended next?

A. Long-term oral vancomycin

B. Stool transplant (fecal microbiota transplant)

C. Probiotics

D. Fidaxomycin

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In Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Colitis, What Treatment Next?

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