Case 9.
MRSA colitis
(65 y-o M)
Autopsied colon from a patient post surgery for esophageal cancer, suffering from high fever and severe diarrhea
Key words :
MRSA,
Staphylococcus aureus
, colitis
opportunistic infection
Multifocal hemorrhagic lesions grossly seen in the colon
Cocci clustered in the lumen of the autolytic crypts (HE)
Cocci clustered in the lumen of the autolytic crypts are Gram-positive (Gram)