Colitis - infectious

Discussion:

Infectious colitis is the inflammation of the colon secondary to bacterial, viral, parasitic, or fungal infection. In this case the provisional causative organism was thought to be Clostridioides difficile but the stool analysis was negative for its toxin on serial samples. The laboratory work-up was positive for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); the probable causative organism.

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