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A member asked:
Dark green stool - definitely not black, but very dark. sort of like a dark olive colour. could antibiotics cause this, or my ibs, or could it be bad?
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Yes: If you have been on antibiotics for a while the you should get a stool culture to rule out c-diff.
Answered 8/3/2014
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