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2. Clindamycin - Wikipedia

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   Clindamycin. Clindamycin is a lincosamide antibiotic medication used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections, including osteomyelitis (bone) or joint infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, strep throat, pneumonia, acute otitis media (middle ear infections), and endocarditis. [5] It can also be used to treat acne, [5][6] and some ...

3. Clostridioides difficile infection - Wikipedia

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   29,000 (US) [2][4] Clostridioides difficile infection[5] (CDI or C-diff), also known as Clostridium difficile infection, is a symptomatic infection due to the spore -forming bacterium Clostridioides difficile. [6] Symptoms include watery diarrhea, fever, nausea, and abdominal pain. [1] It makes up about 20% of cases of antibiotic-associated ...

4. Clostridioides difficile - Wikipedia

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   Clostridioides difficile (syn. Clostridium difficile) is a bacterium known for causing serious diarrheal infections, and may also cause colon cancer. [ 4 ][ 5 ] It is known also as C. difficile, or C. diff (/ siːdɪf /), and is a Gram-positive species of spore -forming bacteria. [ 6 ]Clostridioides spp. are anaerobic, motile bacteria ...

5. Lincosamides - Wikipedia

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   Lincosamides can interact with anesthetic agents to produce neuromuscular effects. [29] Other adverse reactions include diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and rash. Topical administration of clindamycin may induce contact dermatitis, dryness, burning, itching, scaliness and peeling of the skin.

6. Antibiotic-associated diarrhea - Wikipedia

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   Antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) results from an imbalance in the colonic microbiota caused by antibiotics. Microbiotal alteration changes carbohydrate metabolism with decreased short-chain fatty acid absorption and an osmotic diarrhea as a result. Another consequence of antibiotic therapy leading to diarrhea is an overgrowth of potentially ...

7. Quinolone antibiotic - Wikipedia

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   Clostridioides difficile colitis may occur in connection with the use of any antibacterial drug, especially those with a broad spectrum of activity such as clindamycin, cephalosporins, and fluoroquinolones. Fluoroquinoline treatment is associated with risk that is similar to [30] or less than [31] [32] that associated with broad spectrum ...