antibiotic enterocolitis

an·ti·bi·ot·ic en·ter·o·co·li·tis

enterocolitis caused by oral administration of broad spectrum antibiotics, resulting from overgrowth of antibiotic-resistant staphylococci or yeasts and fungi, when the normal fecal gram-negative organisms are suppressed, resulting in diarrhea or pseudomembranous enterocolitis.

an·ti·bi·ot·ic en·ter·o·col·i·tis

(antē-bī-otik entĕr-ō-kŏ-lītis)

Disorder caused by oral administration of broad-spectrum antibiotics.