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What happens if taken vancomycin po for pseudomembranous colitis, where would it be absorbed if it does not absorb in the gi tract?
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Not Absorbed.: Vancomycin po acts as a topical antibiotic in the Large bowel killing off Clostridium Defecile the offending bacteria in bacterial colitis
Answered 12/20/2014
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