Discussion
True regarding pseudomembranous colitis are all except:
Answer: C
Correct answer: It is due to the production of phospholipase A
This is the exception. Pseudomembranous colitis is caused by toxins A and B of Clostridioides difficile, which glucosylate Rho GTPases and disrupt the actin cytoskeleton of the colonic epithelium; phospholipase A is not involved. The other three are correct: the organism is carried asymptomatically in the gut of a proportion of healthy people, the disease follows antibiotic disturbance of the flora, and oral vancomycin is a standard treatment.
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