Clostridiodes difficile in COVID-19 Patients Detroit Michigan USA March–April 2020

摘要

Sandhu et al. ( ) reported 9 patients who were co-infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and . infection (CDI) can be a co-occurrence or result of antimicrobial drug overuse and is potentially a complication of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). We report a 52-year-old man with hypertension who had fever, respiratory symptoms, abdominal pain, and diarrhea for 3 days. At admission to Saint Michael’s Medical Center (Newark, New Jersey, USA), he had a temperature of 101.8°F but was otherwise hemodynamically stable. He had an elevated absolute lymphocyte count (700 cells/μL), indicating lymphopenia. He tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA by reverse transcription PCR and had elevated inflammatory markers on blood profile. He tested positive for toxin and antigen at admission. He did not use antimicrobial drugs or proton pump inhibitors and had no known contacts with persons with diarrhea. He was mechanically ventilated and received oral vancomycin, intravenous metronidazole, and vasopressors. He died of respiratory failure and septic shock. In comparison to the patients described by Sandhu et al., the patient we report was younger and did not have a history of antimicrobial use.