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A 37-year-old man comes to the physician, diarrhea
Pseudomembranes of fibrin and inflammatory debris ๐Ÿ” / ๐Ÿ“บ / ๐ŸŒณ / ๐Ÿ“–
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He has Clostridium difficile infection secondary to his course of amoxicillin. C. diff causes pseudomembranous colitis via toxins A (enterotoxin) and B (cytotoxin) [FA2020 p138].

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