The New IDSA/SHEA CDI Management Guidelines

It has been almost 8 years since the publication of the last Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)/Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) clinical practice guidelines on Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in adults.¹ In the ensuing gap to the publication of the new IDSA/SHEA guidelines,² CDI has increased in importance as a public health challenge.

Indeed, in 2013, the CDC identified C. difficile as 1 of the top 3 antibiotic-resistant