Which outcome reduces vitamin K bioavailability, when long-term antibiotic use suppresses colonic bacteria?

💡 Explanation

Long-term antibiotic use reduces vitamin K bioavailability because it diminishes bacterial fermentation, a process vital for vitamin K synthesis in the colon; therefore, reducing this vitamin synthesis results in reduced bioavailability, rather than increased epithelial sloughing.

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