Case Reports in Infectious Diseases (Jan 2018)

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

  • Alison B. Lane,
  • Nathanial K. Copeland,
  • Fatma Onmus-Leone,
  • James V. Lawler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/3106305
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2018

Abstract

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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.