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

Priyam Batra; Swati Khullar; Mamta Choudhary; K V P Saikiran; Ananya Kaginalkar; Sheetal Singh; Anant Mohan; Rama Chaudhry

doi:10.1016/j.ijmmb.2023.01.014

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

Indian J Med Microbiol. 2023 Sep-Oct:45:100356. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2023.01.014. Epub 2023 May 23.

Authors

Priyam Batra¹, Swati Khullar¹, Mamta Choudhary¹, K V P Saikiran¹, Ananya Kaginalkar², Sheetal Singh³, Anant Mohan⁴, Rama Chaudhry⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Microbiology Office, Room No. 2054, 2nd Floor, Teaching Block, AIIMS, New Delhi-110029, India.
² AIIMS, New Delhi-110029, India.
³ Hospital Administration, AIIMS, New Delhi-110029, India.
⁴ Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders, AIIMS, New Delhi-110029, India.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, Microbiology Office, Room No. 2054, 2nd Floor, Teaching Block, AIIMS, New Delhi-110029, India. Electronic address: drramach@gmail.com.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Altered microbiome; Clostridioides difficile; SARS CoV2.

Publication types

Case Reports