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THE DOWNSIDE OF ANTIBIOTICS: ?What is so frightening about C. difficile is that it is often spurred?

By Glenn Reynolds

THE DOWNSIDE OF ANTIBIOTICS: “What is so frightening about C. difficile is that it is often spurred by antibiotics. The drugs wipe out the targeted illness, like a urinary tract or upper respiratory infection, but they also kill off large portions of the healthy bacteria that normally live in the digestive tract. If a person comes into contact with C. difficile, or already has it, the disruption to the beneficial bacteria creates an opportunity for the harmful bacteria to flourish.” More reason to put more effort into phages.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on April 14, 2009 (boomark / email).