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Running head: ACTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITY 1
Clostridium difficile and Metronidazole
Clostridium Difficile
Clostridioides difficile, also known as C. diff, is a bacterium that causes diarrhea and
inflammation of the colon. Most cases of C. diff occur when you’ve been taking antibiotics.
However, there are other risk factors such as; being 65 or older, recent hospitalizations,
weakened immune system, and previous infection with C. diff or known exposure to the germs.
Symptoms of C. diff usually develop within a few days after taking antibiotics. Diarrhea
including loose, watery stools or frequent bowel movements for several days, fever, stomach
tenderness or pain, loss of appetite and nausea are the most common signs and symptoms of a C.
diff infection (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018).

ACTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITY 2
Metronidazole
In an event where an individual is positive for C. diff, an anti-infective drug is prescribed