A man is admitted into the hospital and treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics for an infection caused by a gunshot wound to th

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morpeh [17]

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A man is admitted into the hospital and treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics for an infection caused by a gunshot wound to th

e abdomen. he subsequently contracts pseudomembranous colitis. which of these is the most likely reason this happened?

Biology

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Zinaida [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-09T01:20:55+03:00

<span>The man has been contracted with pseudo membranous colitis which is the result of taking broad-spectrum antibiotics for an infection caused by a gunshot wound to the abdomen; this is because normal micro biota is wiped by the antibiotics resulting the overgrowth of Clostridium difficile in colon.</span>