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I know that consuming antibiotics can cause c.diff infection. i hv heard that an antibiotic is an antibiotic be it oral or topical. so, can topical antibiotic ointments or antibiotic iv/injection or antibiotic ear/eye drops activate c.diff infection?
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Oral and intravenous antibiotics are absorbed systemically and can cause C dif. Topical antibiotics (eye, skin, vaginal, on gums, in ear) do not get systemically absorbed and are very unlikely to cause C dif.
Answered 4/15/2021
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