Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile cause distinct pseudomembranous intestinal diseases

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Sep 1;39(5):747-50. doi: 10.1086/423273. Epub 2004 Aug 13.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
  • Clostridium Infections / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Diseases / microbiology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*