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TODAY’S TEST QUESTION:

CORRECT ANSWER:

B) Red stools 

MORE INFO:

• When iron is taken with the antibiotic cefdinir, it can bind with iron and form a “non-absorbable complex” that actually turns the stool red.
• It is not actually blood that causes the stool to be red.
• This may especially be seen in infants who are on iron fortified formulas.
• Cefdinir is a cephalosporin. 

Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/18447664/

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