Batra Priyam, Khullar Swati, Choudhary Mamta, Saikiran K V P, Kaginalkar Ananya, Singh Sheetal, Mohan Anant, Chaudhry Rama
Department of Microbiology, Microbiology Office, Room No. 2054, 2nd Floor, Teaching Block, AIIMS, New Delhi-110029, India.
AIIMS, New Delhi-110029, India.
Indian J Med Microbiol. 2023 Sep-Oct;45:100356. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2023.01.014. Epub 2023 May 23.
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.
在大多数新冠肺炎患者中,抗生素的使用存在过度现象,这使患者易患医院获得性艰难梭菌感染(CDI)。此外,胃肠道的新冠感染也使患者易患CDI。我们在此报告一例SARS-CoV-2与CDI合并感染的致命病例。