cilastatin--imipenem-drug-combination and Enterocolitis--Pseudomembranous

cilastatin--imipenem-drug-combination has been researched along with Enterocolitis--Pseudomembranous* in 1 studies

Other Studies

1 other study(ies) available for cilastatin--imipenem-drug-combination and Enterocolitis--Pseudomembranous

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[A case of pseudomembranous enterocolitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus]. Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, 2004, Volume: 78, Issue:10 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. Topics: Cilastatin; Cilastatin, Imipenem Drug Combination; Drug Combinations; Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous; Female; Humans; Imipenem; Methicillin Resistance; Middle Aged; Staphylococcal Infections; Staphylococcus aureus; Urinary Tract Infections	2004

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[A case of pseudomembranous enterocolitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus].

Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, 2004, Volume: 78, Issue:10

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.

Topics: Cilastatin; Cilastatin, Imipenem Drug Combination; Drug Combinations; Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous; Female; Humans; Imipenem; Methicillin Resistance; Middle Aged; Staphylococcal Infections; Staphylococcus aureus; Urinary Tract Infections

2004