著者

藤田 和恵 本多 宣裕 栗原 武幸 大場 秀夫 沖本 二郎

出版者

社団法人 日本感染症学会

雑誌

感染症学雑誌 (ISSN:03875911)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.78, no.10, pp.905-909, 2004-10-20 (Released:2011-02-07)

参考文献数

8

被引用文献数

4 3

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A 47-year-old woman was hospitalized because of urinary-tract infection. She was treated with antibiotics for 6 days. However, severe watery diarrhea and pyrexia developed 6 days after stopping administration of antibiotics. Stool, throat and blood cultures were positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and negative for Clostridium difficile DI toxin. In spite of administration of VCM, she died of septic shock. At autopsy, macroscopic observation revealed a pseudomembrane in the ileum. MRSA enterocolitis can occur in patients with antibiotic-related diarrhea, and physicians should be aware of its rapid clinical course and possible lethal outcome.