The proliferation of Clostridium difficile causes:
A) antibiotic-associated diarrhea.
B) Escherichia coli diarrhea.
C) Urinary Clostridium infection.
D) anal yeast infection.
Ans: A
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Normal intestinal flora inhibit the growth of Clostridium difficile. When broad-spectrum antibiotics, especially third-generation cephalosporins, are administered, normal flora is altered and C. difficile can proliferate and release toxins that cause antibiotic-associated diarrhea.
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