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Does penicillin induced pseudomembranous colitis go away by itself with further antibiotics?
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No: Clostridium difficile colitis seldom if ever resolves without treatment and can be potentially life-threatening. One of the major complications of therapy with antibiotics, and where possible, discontinuance of the antibiotics inducing the illness with aid substantially in the success of therapy against it.
Answered 5/10/2012
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