Prevalence and impact of Clostridioides difficile infection among hospitalized patients with coranavirus disease 2019

Jessica R Allegretti; Cheikh Nije; Emma McClure; Walker D Redd; Danny Wong; Joyce C Zhou; Ahmad N Bazarbashi; Thomas R McCarty; Kelly E Hathorn; Lin Shen; Kunal Jajoo; Walter W Chan

doi:10.1002/jgh3.12497

Prevalence and impact of Clostridioides difficile infection among hospitalized patients with coranavirus disease 2019

JGH Open. 2021 Mar 30;5(5):622-625. doi: 10.1002/jgh3.12497. eCollection 2021 May.

Authors

Jessica R Allegretti^{1

2}, Cheikh Nije^{2

3}, Emma McClure¹, Walker D Redd^{2

3}, Danny Wong^{2

3}, Joyce C Zhou², Ahmad N Bazarbashi^{1

2}, Thomas R McCarty^{1

2}, Kelly E Hathorn^{1

2}, Lin Shen^{1

2}, Kunal Jajoo^{1

2}, Walter W Chan^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts USA.
² Harvard Medical School Boston Massachusetts USA.
³ Department of Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI); antibiotics; coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19); diarrhea; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SAR‐CoV‐2).

Grants and funding

T32 DK007533/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States