Case report of SARS-CoV-2 with secondary Clostridioides difficile infection

Copyright © 2023 Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved..

There has been an overuse of antibiotics in most patients suffering from COVID-19 which predisposes patients to hospital acquired C. difficile Infection (CDI). Also, COVID infection of the gastrointestinal tract also predisposes the patient to CDI. We here present a fatal case of SARS-CoV-2 coinfection with CDI.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:45

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Indian journal of medical microbiology - 45(2023) vom: 12. Sept., Seite 100356

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Batra, Priyam [VerfasserIn]
Khullar, Swati [VerfasserIn]
Choudhary, Mamta [VerfasserIn]
Saikiran, K V P [VerfasserIn]
Kaginalkar, Ananya [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Sheetal [VerfasserIn]
Mohan, Anant [VerfasserIn]
Chaudhry, Rama [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Altered microbiome
Case Reports
Clostridioides difficile
SARS CoV2

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Date Revised 14.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1016/j.ijmmb.2023.01.014

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NLM360725384