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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Autores principales: Sandhu, Avnish, Tillotson, Glenn, Polistico, Jordan, Salimnia, Hossein, Cranis, Mara, Moshos, Judy, Cullen, Lori, Jabbo, Lavina, Diebel, Lawrence, Chopra, Teena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7454075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32441243
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.202126
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author Sandhu, Avnish
Tillotson, Glenn
Polistico, Jordan
Salimnia, Hossein
Cranis, Mara
Moshos, Judy
Cullen, Lori
Jabbo, Lavina
Diebel, Lawrence
Chopra, Teena
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Tillotson, Glenn
Polistico, Jordan
Salimnia, Hossein
Cranis, Mara
Moshos, Judy
Cullen, Lori
Jabbo, Lavina
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-74540752020-09-03 Clostridioides difficile in COVID-19 Patients, Detroit, Michigan, USA, March–April 2020 Sandhu, Avnish Tillotson, Glenn Polistico, Jordan Salimnia, Hossein Cranis, Mara Moshos, Judy Cullen, Lori Jabbo, Lavina Diebel, Lawrence Chopra, Teena Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7454075/ /pubmed/32441243 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.202126 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Sandhu, Avnish
Tillotson, Glenn
Polistico, Jordan
Salimnia, Hossein
Cranis, Mara
Moshos, Judy
Cullen, Lori
Jabbo, Lavina
Diebel, Lawrence
Chopra, Teena
Clostridioides difficile in COVID-19 Patients, Detroit, Michigan, USA, March–April 2020
title Clostridioides difficile in COVID-19 Patients, Detroit, Michigan, USA, March–April 2020
title_full Clostridioides difficile in COVID-19 Patients, Detroit, Michigan, USA, March–April 2020
title_fullStr Clostridioides difficile in COVID-19 Patients, Detroit, Michigan, USA, March–April 2020
title_full_unstemmed Clostridioides difficile in COVID-19 Patients, Detroit, Michigan, USA, March–April 2020
title_short Clostridioides difficile in COVID-19 Patients, Detroit, Michigan, USA, March–April 2020
title_sort clostridioides difficile in covid-19 patients, detroit, michigan, usa, march–april 2020
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7454075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32441243
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.202126
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