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  • Title: [Diarrhea caused by antibiotic therapy].
    Author: Beaugerie L.
    Journal: Rev Prat; 1996 Jan 15; 46(2):171-6. PubMed ID: 8746030.
    Abstract:
    Diarrhoea, or any change in bowel habits, occurs in up to 30% of the individuals treated by antimicrobial agents. Most cases of such diarrhoea are benign and secondary to a transient dysfunction of normal colonic flora induced by the antibiotic treatment. In some cases, the antibiotic-induced alteration of the normal gut flora leads to the establishment of pathogens, of which Clostridium difficile is the most important. C. difficile intestinal infection results in a wide spectrum of diseases, ranging from benign diarrhoea without colitis to life-threatening cases of relapsing pseudomembranous colitis.
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