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M W Lievens

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Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea after norfloxacin.

Although theoretically the spectrum of antimicrobial quinolone antibiotics are at low risk of producing Clostridium difficile overgrowth and diarrhea, a patient developed this clinical problem while receiving norfloxacin. We review the antimicrobial activity of the quinolone antibiotics, with respect to their predisposition for producing C. difficile-induced diarrhea.

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