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

Indian J Med Microbiol

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Published: May 2023

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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