Clostridioides difficile in COVID-19 Patients, Detroit, Michigan, USA, March-April 2020

We describe 9 patients at a medical center in Detroit, Michigan, USA, with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and Clostridioides difficile. Both infections can manifest as digestive symptoms and merit screening when assessing patients with diarrhea during the coronavirus disease pandemi...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2020-09, Vol.26 (9), p.2272-2274
Main Authors: Sandhu, Avnish, Tillotson, Glenn, Polistico, Jordan, Salimnia, Hossein, Cranis, Mara, Moshos, Judy, Cullen, Lori, Jabbo, Lavina, Diebel, Lawrence, Chopra, Teena
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents - adverse effects
Antibiotics
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Bacterial infections
Betacoronavirus
Clostridiodes difficile
Clostridioides difficile
Clostridium Infections - chemically induced
Clostridium Infections - epidemiology
Clostridium Infections - microbiology
co-infection
Coinfection - epidemiology
Coinfection - microbiology
coronavirus disease
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - microbiology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Diarrhea
Disease
Epidemiology
Female
Hospitals
Humans
Laboratories
Male
Michigan - epidemiology
Middle Aged
Nosocomial infections
Pandemics
Patients
Pneumonia
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - microbiology
Population Surveillance
Research Letter
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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Summary:We describe 9 patients at a medical center in Detroit, Michigan, USA, with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and Clostridioides difficile. Both infections can manifest as digestive symptoms and merit screening when assessing patients with diarrhea during the coronavirus disease pandemic. These co-infections also highlight the continued importance of antimicrobial stewardship.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2609.202126