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Patient DC by Kazia Steele, PA Tristyn Smith and Mike Burling
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Medicine ►    • Medicine  
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Timestamps:
0:00 Good 🌯 Burrito
0:31 Gotta 😳 go 😳 fast
1:30 Where did it 🦷 go?
2:24 Bacteria 🦠 good?
3:42 Bacteria 🦠 good.
4:47 The right bacteria 🦠 rly good
5:46 What if the wrong species 😳 is growing?
6:33 A wild headache 😩 appears
7:16 Something was 🚽 different
7:51 Bacteria 🦠 coulda been good, but now what?
9:42 Not the species 😨 you want...
11:58 Banana 🍌 good
13:43 A medicolegal 🩺 rationale
16:26 The Swiss Cheese 🧀 Model (of errors like this one)
16:56 I thought I was ok 😃 but now ???

These cases are patients who I, or my colleagues have seen. They are de-identified and many instances have been presented in more depth in an academic setting. These videos are not individual medical advice and are for general educational purposes only. I do not give medical advice over the internet.

References:

Clostridium difficile Toxins A and B: Insights into Pathogenic Properties and Extraintestinal Effects. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

C. diff survivor and advocate shares her story. https://blogs.cdc.gov/safehealthcare/...

Aetiology of antimicrobial-agent-associated colitis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/85818/

Colitis associated with clindamycin therapy https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1202637/

Clostridioides difficile infection in adults: Treatment and prevention. UpToDate. Accessed 25 Oct 2023.

Clostridioides difficile infection in adults: Clinical manifestations and diagnosis. UpToDate. Accessed 25 Oct 2023.

Gut microbiome modulates response to anti–PD-1 immunotherapy in melanoma patients. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s...

Intestinal microbiota signatures of clinical response and immune-related adverse events in melanoma patients treated with anti-PD-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159....

Gut microbiome is associated with the clinical response to anti-PD-1 based immunotherapy in hepatobiliary cancers. https://jitc.bmj.com/content/9/12/e00...

Gut Microbiota in Anxiety and Depression: Unveiling the Relationships and Management Options. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/16/4/565

Clostridium difficile colitis following treatment with metronidazole and vancomycin. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Durham Humphrey Amendment of 1951: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE...

IDSA Guidelines C Diff https://journals.lww.com/ajg/fulltext...