Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea

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John G. Bartlett · Johns Hopkins Medicine

Abstract

A 53-year-old woman reports severe watery diarrhea with cramps. She is in her 7th day of a 10-day course of cefixime, prescribed for bronchitis. How should she be evaluated and treated?

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Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Microscopic Colitis Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 346, Issue 5, pp. 334-339

DOI: 10.1056/nejmcp011603

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Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea

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