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* Antibiotics indicated for [[Clostridioides difficile]] infection
* Antibiotics indicated for [[Clostridioides difficile]] infection
* Standard dose is 200 mg p.o. twice daily for 10 days
* Standard dose is 200 mg p.o. twice daily for 10 days
* Pulse-tapered regimen is 200 mg twice daily for days 1 to 5, followed by 200 mg every other days 7 to 25[[CiteRef::guery2018ex]][[CiteRef::skinner2021a]]
* Pulse-tapered regimen is 200 mg twice daily for days 1 to 5, followed by 200 mg every other days 7 to 25[[CiteRef::guery2018ex]], or 200 mg twice daily for 10 days then daily for 7 days then every other day for 13 doses[[CiteRef::skinner2021a]]
* In Ontario, EAP criteria for approval through the telephone request service includes: third or subsequent episode treated with vancomycin within 6 months; treatment failure despite at least 7 days of vancomycin; allergy to oral vancomycin; severe adverse reaction or intolerance to oral vancomycin
* In Ontario, EAP criteria for approval through the telephone request service includes: third or subsequent episode treated with vancomycin within 6 months; treatment failure despite at least 7 days of vancomycin; allergy to oral vancomycin; severe adverse reaction or intolerance to oral vancomycin



Latest revision as of 14:57, 8 April 2026

  • Antibiotics indicated for Clostridioides difficile infection
  • Standard dose is 200 mg p.o. twice daily for 10 days
  • Pulse-tapered regimen is 200 mg twice daily for days 1 to 5, followed by 200 mg every other days 7 to 251, or 200 mg twice daily for 10 days then daily for 7 days then every other day for 13 doses2
  • In Ontario, EAP criteria for approval through the telephone request service includes: third or subsequent episode treated with vancomycin within 6 months; treatment failure despite at least 7 days of vancomycin; allergy to oral vancomycin; severe adverse reaction or intolerance to oral vancomycin

References

  1. ^  Benoit Guery, Francesco Menichetti, Veli-Jukka Anttila, Nicholas Adomakoh, Jose Maria Aguado, Karen Bisnauthsing, Areti Georgopali, Simon D Goldenberg, Andreas Karas, Gbenga Kazeem, Chris Longshaw, Jose Alejandro Palacios-Fabrega, Oliver A Cornely, Maria J G T Vehreschild. Extended-pulsed fidaxomicin versus vancomycin for Clostridium difficile infection in patients 60 years and older (EXTEND): a randomised, controlled, open-label, phase 3b/4 trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2018;18(3):296-307. doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(17)30751-x.
  2. ^  Andrew M Skinner, Xing Tan, Benjamin D Sirbu, Larry H Danziger, Dale N Gerding, Stuart Johnson. A Tapered-pulsed Fidaxomicin Regimen Following Treatment in Patients With Multiple Clostridioides difficile Infection Recurrences. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2021;73(6):1107-1109. doi:10.1093/cid/ciab233.