title: Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile cause distinct pseudomembranous intestinal diseases.
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.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: M Kent
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Froberg
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Palavecino
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dykoski
authors.forename: Dale N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Gerding
authors.forename: Lance R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: 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*