Clostridioides difficile co-infection with Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)—a potentially fatal combination

There has been a significant increase in hospital and community acquired Clostridioides difficile infection in the past decade. In addition to CDI, the rate of infection with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) has also increased by 28% in United States in the last five years. Concomitant CDI...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Deshmukh, Farah, Agrawal, Upasana, Merrell, Nancy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7256656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32489867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00797
_version_ 1783539959331815424
author Deshmukh, Farah
Agrawal, Upasana
Merrell, Nancy
author_facet Deshmukh, Farah
Agrawal, Upasana
Merrell, Nancy
author_sort Deshmukh, Farah
collection PubMed
description There has been a significant increase in hospital and community acquired Clostridioides difficile infection in the past decade. In addition to CDI, the rate of infection with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) has also increased by 28% in United States in the last five years. Concomitant CDI and EHEC infections are rare and if not identified early such co-infections can be fatal. We present the case of patient with hematochezia who was found to be positive for Clostridioides difficile and EHEC. She had a complicated hospital course that required timely identification of complications and management.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7256656
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher Elsevier
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-72566562020-06-01 Clostridioides difficile co-infection with Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)—a potentially fatal combination Deshmukh, Farah Agrawal, Upasana Merrell, Nancy IDCases Article There has been a significant increase in hospital and community acquired Clostridioides difficile infection in the past decade. In addition to CDI, the rate of infection with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) has also increased by 28% in United States in the last five years. Concomitant CDI and EHEC infections are rare and if not identified early such co-infections can be fatal. We present the case of patient with hematochezia who was found to be positive for Clostridioides difficile and EHEC. She had a complicated hospital course that required timely identification of complications and management. Elsevier 2020-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7256656/ /pubmed/32489867 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00797 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Deshmukh, Farah
Agrawal, Upasana
Merrell, Nancy
Clostridioides difficile co-infection with Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)—a potentially fatal combination
title Clostridioides difficile co-infection with Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)—a potentially fatal combination
title_full Clostridioides difficile co-infection with Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)—a potentially fatal combination
title_fullStr Clostridioides difficile co-infection with Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)—a potentially fatal combination
title_full_unstemmed Clostridioides difficile co-infection with Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)—a potentially fatal combination
title_short Clostridioides difficile co-infection with Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)—a potentially fatal combination
title_sort clostridioides difficile co-infection with enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli (ehec)—a potentially fatal combination
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7256656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32489867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00797
work_keys_str_mv AT deshmukhfarah clostridioidesdifficilecoinfectionwithenterohemorrhagicescherichiacoliehecapotentiallyfatalcombination
AT agrawalupasana clostridioidesdifficilecoinfectionwithenterohemorrhagicescherichiacoliehecapotentiallyfatalcombination
AT merrellnancy clostridioidesdifficilecoinfectionwithenterohemorrhagicescherichiacoliehecapotentiallyfatalcombination

Ejemplares similares