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Volume 23, Number 5—May 2017
Research Letter

Severe MRSA Enterocolitis Caused by a Strain Harboring Enterotoxins D, G, and I

Marco Bergevin, Alain Marion, David Farber, George R. Golding, and Simon LévesqueComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Cité de la Santé de Laval, Laval, Québec, Canada (M. Bergevin, A. Marion, D. Farber); National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (G.R. Golding); Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec, Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada (S. Lévesque)

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Endoscopic imagery of the distal sigmoid colon (A), proximal sigmoid colon (B), descending colon (C), and base of cecum (D), revealing diffuse colitis with mucosal erythema, edema, and mucopurulent exudate without ulceration. Colonic biopsy (E) demonstrating  neutrophilic infiltrates (indicated with arrows) in the epithelial lining of the colic glands and the mucosal stroma compatible with mild active colitis without signs of chronicity.

Figure. Endoscopic imagery of the distal sigmoid colon (A), proximal sigmoid colon (B), descending colon (C), and base of cecum (D), revealing diffuse colitis with mucosal erythema, edema, and mucopurulent exudate without ulceration. Colonic biopsy (E) demonstrating neutrophilic infiltrates (indicated with arrows) in the epithelial lining of the colic glands and the mucosal stroma compatible with mild active colitis without signs of chronicity.

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