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All right, this question says steve was a 75 -year -old.
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Retired plumber who developed an abscess on his wisdom tooth.
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His dentist prescribed the antibiotic clindomycin for 14 days to treat the persistent abscess until his scheduled root canal.
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After steve finished his entire dosage of clindomiasin, he started to develop smelly diarrhea, an upset stomach and pain in the lower abdomen.
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The diarrhea was worsening and occurring up to 12 times per day.
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He was admitted to the hospital, and his attending physician decided to test his stool for a possible infection.
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So we want to discuss the possible pathogen, what type of microbe it is, and the optimal conditions for the pathogen and what way it could be eradicated and other forms of treatment.
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So first of all, the potential pathogen is most likely castridium difficile.
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It is a gram -positive anaerobic spore -forming bacterium...