Crohn’s disease complicated by intestinal infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Figure 1 Massive colonic inflammation was detected by endoscopy and magnetic resonance imaging and ameliorated after antibiotic treatment. A: Sigmoidoscopy of the distal colon: Massive ulcerative proctosigmoiditis in a discontinuous pattern with deep and sharply delineated epithelial denudations (arrows) could be detected; B: Magnetic resonance imaging of the abdomen: contrast enhancement of the colonic wall in the area of the descending colon indicated inflammatory changes (arrow); C: Flexible sigmoidoscopy after ten days of antibiotic therapy with linezolid: Macroscopically, a near-total mucosal healing of colitis was detectable (arrow).