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    Antibiotic treatment disrupts the natural ecology of the colon. Clostridium difficile produces a toxin that causes severe diarrhea in patients treated with antibiotics. The document discusses how antibiotic use can allow C. difficile to overgrow and produce a toxin that causes diarrhea.

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    Antibiotic treatment disrupts the natural ecology of the colon. Clostridium difficile produces a toxin that causes severe diarrhea in patients treated with antibiotics. The document discusses how antibiotic use can allow C. difficile to overgrow and produce a toxin that causes diarrhea.

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    Antibiotic treatment disrupts the natural ecology of the colon. Clostridium difficile produces a toxin that causes severe diarrhea in patients treated with antibiotics. The document discusses how antibiotic use can allow C. difficile to overgrow and produce a toxin that causes diarrhea.

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    Antibiotic treatment disrupts the natural ecology of the colon

    - Clostridium difficile produces a toxin that causes severe diarrhea in pts treated with
    antibiotics

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