Necrotizing enterocolitis in a married couple due to a staphylococcal toxin.
A married couple affected by necrotizing enterocolitis is described. Both had the same toxin-producing Staphylococcus aureus which was considered to be responsible for the necrotizing enterocolitis.
Lieverse
R J
RJ
Department of Internal Medicine, Gelre Hospitals, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. RJ.Lieverse@zca.nl
van Hooft
J
J
Fedder
G
G
Bakker
J
J
Heilmann
F G
FG
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020345:Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000472:pathogenicity*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents