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Case Reports
. 2018 Aug 5:2018:3106305.
doi: 10.1155/2018/3106305. eCollection 2018.

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a Probable Cause of Antibiotic-Associated Enterocolitis

Alison B Lane  1 , Nathanial K Copeland  1 , Fatma Onmus-Leone  2 , James V Lawler  1   3
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a Probable Cause of Antibiotic-Associated Enterocolitis

Alison B Lane et al. Case Rep Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Antibiotic-associated diarrhea is typically associated with Clostridium difficile. However, Staphylococcus aureus has also been described as a cause of antibiotic-associated enterocolitis and diarrhea and is likely an underrecognized etiology. We present a case of enterocolitis and urinary tract infection caused by methicillin-resistant S. aureus following antibiotic treatment.

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