You are caring for a patient who has been on intravenous antibiotic therapy for 7 days. He has now developed watery, nonbloody, foul-smelling diarrhea. You suspect the organism causing this diarrhea is:

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Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Antibiotics can disrupt the normal gut flora, allowing C. difficile to proliferate and produce toxins, leading to symptoms such as watery, nonbloody, foul-smelling diarrhea.

You Are Caring for a Patient Who Has Been on Intravenous