Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile cause distinct pseudomembranous intestinal diseases.
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.
Froberg
M Kent
MK
University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota, USA.
Palavecino
Elizabeth
E
Dykoski
Richard
R
Gerding
Dale N
DN
Peterson
Lance R
LR
Johnson
Stuart
S
D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*