- antibiotic-associated enterocolitis
- a type of pseudomembranous enterocolitis seen after treatment with antibiotics has altered intestinal flora, causing diarrhea and other changes. Called also antibiotic-associated colitis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
antibiotic-associated enterocolitis
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