The other 'C': Hospital-acquired Clostridioides difficile infection during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Apr;43(4):540-541. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.3. Epub 2021 Jan 13.

Authors

Karl Hazel¹, Mairead Skally², Emily Glynn¹, Margaret Foley³, Karen Burns^{2

3}, Aoibhlinn O'Toole¹, Karen Boland¹, Fidelma Fitzpatrick^{2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland.
² ESCMID Study Group for Clostridioides difficile.
³ Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland.
⁴ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 9, Ireland.

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MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Clostridioides difficile*
Clostridium Infections* / epidemiology
Hospitals
Humans
Pandemics