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Case Reports
. 2004 Sep 1;39(5):747-50.
doi: 10.1086/423273. Epub 2004 Aug 13.

Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile cause distinct pseudomembranous intestinal diseases

M Kent Froberg  1 , Elizabeth Palavecino, Richard Dykoski, Dale N Gerding, Lance R Peterson, Stuart Johnson
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Case Reports

Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile cause distinct pseudomembranous intestinal diseases

M Kent Froberg et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We report simultaneous infections with Clostridium difficile and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a patient with discrete colonic pseudomembranes typical of C. difficile infection, as well as confluent, loosely adherent pseudomembranes in the small bowel. Identification of MRSA in the small bowel pseudomembrane by polymerase chain reaction supports S. aureus as an enteric pathogen.

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