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Case Report

Volume 12, Number 7, July 2021, pages 257-261


Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus-Associated Diarrhea in a Critically Ill Burn Patient

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Figure 1.
Figure 1. The patient’s clinical course focused on the diarrhea output. The patient’s various procedures, daily max temperature readings, and antibiotic course treating the patients diarrhea are highlighted in these charts. MRSA: methicillin-resistant S. aureus.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. (a) Chest X-ray of the lungs on admission demonstrating normal lung space. (b) Chest X-ray of the lungs on hospital day 20 showing lung opacities on the right side indicated by the arrow. (c) Chest X-ray of the lungs on hospital day 40 showing improving lung opacities indicated by the arrows. (d) Chest X-ray of the lungs on hospital day 72 showing near resolution of lung opacities indicated by the arrow. (e) Coronal CT on hospital day 20 of the lungs demonstrating the diffuse bilateral infiltrates more prominent on the right side indicated by the arrows. (f) Axial CT on hospital day 20 of the lungs demonstrating pleural thickening and diffuse bilateral infiltrates with subpleural cystic changes indicated by the arrows. CT: computed tomography.