Receiving antibiotic therapy

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A client develops Clostridioides difficile after receiving antibiotic therapy. The client asks the nurse how this occurs. Which is the nurse's best response? "The antibiotic decreases the white blood count, which allows for bacteria to invade the body." "The diarrhea is a result of overgrowth of viruses attacking the cells in the bowels." "This is common of all antibiotic therapy and hospitalized clients." "By suppressing normal flora, antibiotics allow proliferation of the organism."

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