Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy; European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Study Group for Clostridioides difficile (ESGCD), Italy.
Anaerobe. 2020 Aug;64:102233. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2020.102233. Epub 2020 Jun 25.
COVID-19 dramatically affects the elderly. Due to the large usage of antibiotics during the current pandemic and the gastrointestinal manifestations of COVID-19, the elderly population, hospitalized patients, residents in LTCFs and persons that survived the COVID-19 might be more prone to Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI). A renewed attention to CDI is necessary during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 对老年人影响巨大。由于当前大流行期间抗生素的大量使用以及 COVID-19 的胃肠道表现,老年人、住院患者、长期护理机构居民和 COVID-19 幸存者更易发生艰难梭菌感染(CDI)。在持续的 COVID-19 大流行期间,有必要重新关注 CDI。