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Help plz suppose your immune system needed help killing a bacterial infection. You took a prescribed antibiotic that killed off all the bacteria in your body. How would this affect your digestive system?
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suppose your
immune system needed help killing a bacterial
infection. You took a prescribed antibiotic that
killed off all the bacteria in your body. How
would this affect your digestive system?

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Antibiotic-induced changes in intestinal bacteria allow overgrowth of another bacteria, Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), which is the cause of a more serious antibiotic-induced diarrhea.

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