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Case Reports
. 2010 Feb;6(2):115-7.

A Case of Staphylococcus aureus Enterocolitis: A Rare Entity

Shyam Thakkar  1 , Radheshyam Agrawal
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Case Reports

A Case of Staphylococcus aureus Enterocolitis: A Rare Entity

Shyam Thakkar et al. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2010 Feb.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Abdominal computed tomography scan on Day 1 showed jejunal distention and thickening and no focal mass lesions or obstruction.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Enteroscopy on Day 1 showed the duodenum with erythema, congestion, ulceration, friability, and inflammatory exudate (A and B) and the jejunum with erythema, congestion, ulceration, friability, necrosis, and inflammatory exudate (C and D).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Enteroscopy and sigmoidoscopy on Day 10 showed diffuse continuous erythema, congestion of the mucosa, and friability in the proximal jejunum (A); erythema, congestion, ulceration, friability, and exudate in the descending colon (B) and (C); and erythema, congestion, ulceration, friability, and exudate in the rectum (D).
Figure 4
Figure 4
Gram stain revealing gram-positive cocci in clusters.
Figure 5
Figure 5
Colon with ulceration and necrosis.
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