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Can keflex cause colitis or swelling of the intestines?
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Yes: Virtually every antibiotic has the potential to cause a type of colitis called c. Difficile colitis. Antibiotics kill bacteria. Even as normal people we have thousands of different kinds of bacteria in our colons. When you take antibiotics, it kills some, which allows other types to thrive. When clostridium difficile thrives, it causes colitis. This can be life-threatening and require surgery.
Answered 1/21/2020
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Yes : Any antibiotic can cause an infection called c. Dificile which causes extreme diarrhea and colitis. Keflex is not a common cause of c dificile infections though.
Answered 8/28/2017
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